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Originally Posted by Jake
Whatever we do we need to improve the assist-to-turnover ratio. We were outside the top six in the conference and below the top 40 in the nation. Missouri, Pitt and North Carolina were in the top four.
I'm not sure putting Evan at the point necessarily addresses that and it limits other things he can do offensively. I'd rather fill that void with a true PG and let Evan play his natural position.
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We don't have a "true PG", that's the problem! If we did then the idea of ET playing it would be moot. But we do not! Simmons is a 2 who can play a little PG in a pinch but really should be our backcourt 3 point weapon off the bench and not put in at PG where he struggles just to survive it. Hill improved his shooting greatly the last 10 games ( when the opposition had begun playing 5-on-4 leaving him wide open ) but he doesn't have the handle, passing, penetrating or much else of what a true PG is/has. He is shaky with the ball and gets rid of it as soon as he can and then avoids getting it back. On defense he is all motion but rarely gets anything from it like steals or deflections. ET IS the closest thing to a PG we have on the roster! That is not "optimal", but you should play to your strengths and ours are all at wing ( Lighty, ET, Diebler, Buford ) so I say start them all and use ET as the PG. Hill can relieve him when necessary. Simmons can come in when they need an offensive spark and Offutt when they need D. Optimize the talent and play it MOST. I see little reason to start Hill just to have a small player in the lineup - who is substantially inferior to whomever you'd have to bench. Start your best and substitue when/where you have to.
