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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4977071, member: 1329"] 1) Even as a questionable shooter, he can fit in the Andre Jackson/Steph Castle role. But that role is a secondary ballhandler role and we don't really have the Cam Spencer/Jordan Hawkins shooter yet needed to make it work (maybe Ball can shoot as well as coach says, but I doubt as effectively off the move). And we have a ton of returning talent at his size already with potentially McNeeley on the way as well (though there may be room if Karaban leaves and Stewart plays the 4). If he wants to play primary "PG" and run a ton of pick and rolls or whatever, that won't work with how our offense operates. 2) Our offense had a lot of really well-rounded scorers and passers that have gone. Getting a guy with a big hole in his game is probably not what the offense needs since our other returnees are a bit more flawed than Spencer/Newton/Clingan/potentially Karaban were. Ball's decision making and ball skills need to improve. Diarra had 1 good shooting and finishing year, but will he regress? Can Stewart score in the flow of the offense and how is his off ball IQ? You can fit in a flawed piece if you have diamonds around it, but we have a lot of unpolished gems so far. Diarra spent 2 years coming off the bench at UConn until he learned how to shoot. I don't think Claude wants to come off the bench, from all the talk he wants to actually be The Man. [/QUOTE]