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duckz wrote:

duckgrad99 wrote:

duckz wrote:TP is clearly the best player on our team.

It is not his fault that none of the other guards can play PG.

The fact is, he is our best 2-guard, and our best PG (at least the last couple years anyway, I have not seen Armstead yet. Armstead has to be a decent PG for us to play well), and that is the problem. TP is not our problem, he is our best solution, and this is not good.

There are not many players on this team (or any team in the P10 for that matter) that can create his own shot as the shot clock is going down. TP can, but he was forced to do too much of this because others cannot, and we do not have a PG that can penetrate and dish.

Find a PG that can penetrate and dish and you would all be in love with TP again.

I'm not so sure about that, especially with someone like Wilson now on the team. Besides, what else does he do besides make the three point shot?

Duckgrad: Are you ready to annoint Wilson the best player on our team? He hasn't even played a real game yet. Do you remember TPs start --- perhaps the best in the HISTORY of the UO program.
I have not seen enough of Jamil to say otherwise. I sure hope you are right and he is our best player TODAY, but I doubt it.
What else does TP do (you asked)? When the shot clock is down to 6 seconds, as it OFTEN is, with our Ducks still passing the ball on the perimeter, who do you want to have the ball? Who else can create their own shot? Like it or not, TP is the best in this position and then Catron is the second best, then Longmire as far as I can tell. Not only did others neglect to take control in this situation last year, but I recall many OPEN shots that were passed up by the end of last yr as the shot clock was winding down.
So here's the scenario again, and it happens OFTEN: You have 6 sec on the clock and nobody has an open look, who do you want to take the ball?