Your Argument is full of gaping holes.....
=As I said in my original post, it's not his shooting percentage that I am so concerned about, it's the fact that he's shooting 52 times, has 21 turnovers, and has very few assists. That doesn't sound like a PG to me, no matter how you slice it.
1) That explains why you are an NBA SCOUT (note the sarcasm)
2) Did you even watch the game last night? Do you know how many open shots he got for his teammates that they just (gasp) didn't make??? Assists only occur if the teammates you pass to (here's a concept) MAKE THE SHOT. Last night, they didn't....and I counted at least 6 or 7 occasions when they should have.
hate to correct you since you seem so knowledgable and all, JWill did not play PG for Duke his JR and SR year, he played SG. Chris Duhon played PG (if I am not imstaken).
3) You
are mistaken. At duke there were 2 PG's....one a shooting PG, and one a passing PG, but they were both PG's which is evidenced by JW's listing as a PG and the fact that he brought the ball up 40% of the time (Duhon's % was about the same, and then there was Dunleavy/ewing/etc....) Continuing on......
What concerns me is that now JWill will have to play PG and will match up with guys several inches taller than him
Smaller PG's do that all the time.....just liek bibby/francis/davis/marbury, etc......
and many guys that are quicker than him.
And WHAT?? There are not many guys quicker than him. A few, yes............many? No.
The three pointer arc is back a few feet (a few out of his range which is obviously based on his shooting % from 3-pt land).
ADDENDUM--in pickup gamesjavascript:smilie('

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Please, JW hits that shot all the time..even did so in college. Range is a non-issue.
I love the Bulls more than anyone, but I am just sick and tired about hearing about JWill.
Which really strikes at the heart of what this is really all about.
A personal problem if you ask me.
As far as my stats would go in a pick up game, I would bet that if I had the same number of open, uncontested shots from the perimeter that I would make more than 6 of 18.
There are two problems with this statement. 1st you are not in summerleague, playing against these guys...you are not bringing the ball up and trying to direct traffic against very talented guys.
2nd--not even close to 18 of his shots were open looks, as most of the time he was creating. Again....did you watch the same game as everyone else??
No wait, actually I wouldn't ... because even a scrub like me would know that if I was playing PG, my job wouldn't be to shoot. It would be to pass and get my team involved.
Well, that is how you run YOUR TEAM. Not everyone is inclined to do so....nor should they. PG's should be allowed to do what they do best to help the team win....and if that means scoring then that is what they should do. TO force JW to tone his explosiveness down would amount to shackling him.
As for some of the other comments.....
What I saw today was very discouraging. A ball hog who couldn't shoot well against scrubs.
Or perhaps the best scoring option on the floor....the only one who can get his own shot all the way to the hoop. And oh yeah, he just happened to miss more than he made--In the NBA, that happens to Guards.
If JC isn't starting ahead of shrimpy, I'm contacting the Warren Commission myself and demanding an investigation into the Bulls PG Conspiracy.
One more thing, JWill's crossover isn't nothign compared to JC's.
I was gonna take that apart 1 piece at a time, but decided to lump it together.
Firstly after 2 years in the NBA, against NBA competition JC still acts like Defense is a term that only applies to lawyers. If anyone was repeatedly burned on Pick and Rolls last night it was him. Everyone knows to fight over the top of a screen, not duck underneath it to avoid contact. That is an act of cowardice.
Repeating the last part.......
One more thing, JWill's crossover isn't nothign compared to JC's.
THat may be true (I'll agree), but Jwill is stronger, faster, quicker, more explosive, more agressive, and more willing to finish than JC.
WIthout the above traits, a crossover is just a plaything, best left on the playground with the little girls.
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