When Kipper was on a roll yesterday it seemed like we had two Malcolm's on the floor. Not going to bad mouth any Illini players, but I would still prefer DJW getting minutes. I don't think we can go with two of our PGs on the floor, we get killed on defense.
Not sure if you guys caught when Wagner decided to avoid Kipper's defense and dribbled on the other side of the bucket against Mav. Although Kipper is smaller he had him beat on quickness and had Wagner sized up for a block.
I did not catch that moment, but my favorite Kipper play yesterday was actually just him shuffling on defense. There was 20 seconds in a row on one possession in the second half where he stayed in front of one man dribbling, switched onto another and stayed in front of him, and then switched onto another and stayed in front of him. It was the best defensive footwork I have seen from anyone on our team all year long. Kipper already had impressed me, but he earned any PT he gets moving forward with that kind of effort. It was incredible.