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[QUOTE="Doctor Hoop, post: 3433699, member: 6845"]
This thread, man. Whoa.

There’s literally nothing wrong with Vital, other than he has a ceiling that’s not as high as most of the 2 guards in UConn history.  He far too often makes poor decisions on the fast break with the ball  and when to chuck up a 3.  His drives are sometimes out of control.  He’s a streaky shooter with mechanics that vary game to game (they were spot on 1st half on Sunday, but next game is a coin flip).  He is willing to try to be the guy who wins the game, but isn’t at a talent level where he should be that guy.

That said, I like him as a player, and want him on my team.  The dude plays hard all the time, he works very hard on defense and wants every rebound, and gets many of them for a 6’2” guard. He drifts off his man much less than he did in past years.  He hits free throws at a high rate.  He’s gotten better at passing the ball on time to the open guy.  He’s both a glue guy and a leader, and not shy about it.

I understand that stats have him as a leader for CPOY.  Some of that is because, to this point in the season, he’s been the most consistent for UConn game to game.  But his two really good stats are free throw shooting, and rebounds for a guard.  Not what usually gets you pumped about a player.
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