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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 3367991, member: 37"] Out of the 18 statistically documented offensive opportunities Al was involved with there were eleven offensive possessions that failed in scoring versus nine that resulted in scores. It wasn’t my intention to diss Alterique but to give an approximately accurate accounting of possessions Al was involved with in the Indiana game. Stats do not describe motion offense such as setting picks which a player contributes but does not get statistical credit so they are incomplete but I believe in the case I made the stats indicate enough to demonstrate that Al, on the offensive side of things, did not have a “solid” offensive performance in the Indiana game which was declared by a poster who only pointed out the 8 assists to 3 turnovers. The debatable discussion boils down to the weight that should be given to attributes and shortcomings players offer in a game. We all have our biases. Currently imo Alterique is the only player who can create and distribute with efficiency although an argument can be made for Brendan. However both have demonstrated shortcomings. Al struggles finishing at the basket and is shooting worse than Tarin Smith. Brendan does not have as tight a handle limiting his ability to drive but is shooting decently. I would consider both as showing only average or slightly above average passing so far. This last point is personal observation based on passes and how those passes offer the recipient the ease of completing a play. It would be nice if a player did not get penalized with not getting an assist because it was not his responsibility the attempt failed. On the other hand I’d like to see the player not given credit if the receiving player bailed out the passer. In the Indiana game Josh did both. Additionally I believe he was credited with at least one turnover because of a poor pass or a pass made that shouldn’t have been made. As an aside I find it interesting that people reduce value to the defense of our starting guards (prevention of players driving to the basket, steals, disruption of opposing sets, timing their release in defending to get a defensive rebound) when we lose. We do this even as we laud Ricky Moore or the defensive play of Bazz and Boat. We do this knowing that JC made it a point to cut off the head of an opposing team’s offense. In general this forum doesn’t discuss that play or consider it in evaluating a player’s overall value in a game. It’s casual assessment and sloppy analysis. [/QUOTE]

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