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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 29907" data-source="post: 1481418"><p>Ok - I'll take a stab. First, I love AJ as an Illini. But the logic is flawed - I don't think you need to take all his stats and try to cram them into one person For example, we have more than enough scorers now, depending on who is on the floor at any given time - we should be able to replace the threat AJ gave us at the 3.</p><p></p><p><strong>Reliably shoot the 3</strong> - counting on AG or Tevian to step up there if need be, however, with Trent and Ayo also as threats - I expect this to be spread around some and TJ and, yes, Kipper all have the potential. Recall AJ only shot 30% from 3pt range his soph year - so as we are projecting into the year - its fair to project AG and TJ to help with those numbers. TBH - 42% from three was just OK given he did struggle around the rim. AG and TJ are much better prospects there.</p><p><strong>Turnovers: </strong>always needs to be compared to assists (and really points at the rim) IMO - when you do that - Feliz, DMW and Kipper all look similar. Yes - he had a low turnover rate, he made smart decisions - but he also rarely tried to take anyone off the dribble. Turnovers were a problem for AG last year, hopefully he's cleaned some of that up cause we'll need him for the previous category and for rebounding.</p><p><strong>Rebounding: </strong>When was AJ a SG? Pretty sure we always had at least two of AF, TF AD and DMW in at all times.He pretty much played anywhere from 3-5 on defense which of course is where most rebounds come from. AG, DMW easily can take up slack here - AG particularly and, oh, that Kofi guy. Given we'll have more height, we don't need to replace all of his stats with one guy(my original objection). AG and DMW are pretty darn impressive however on the boards.</p><p><strong>FTs:</strong> AJ only attempted 55 FTs last year - see early point about driving to the rim. Tevian was 10-11 and AF of course shot 75%. So if the point is - who do we want taking FTs at the end of the game- i think we have that covered. If the point is - his FT average is high - well it was pretty good - but only took 55.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 29907, post: 1481418"] Ok - I'll take a stab. First, I love AJ as an Illini. But the logic is flawed - I don't think you need to take all his stats and try to cram them into one person For example, we have more than enough scorers now, depending on who is on the floor at any given time - we should be able to replace the threat AJ gave us at the 3. [B]Reliably shoot the 3[/B] - counting on AG or Tevian to step up there if need be, however, with Trent and Ayo also as threats - I expect this to be spread around some and TJ and, yes, Kipper all have the potential. Recall AJ only shot 30% from 3pt range his soph year - so as we are projecting into the year - its fair to project AG and TJ to help with those numbers. TBH - 42% from three was just OK given he did struggle around the rim. AG and TJ are much better prospects there. [B]Turnovers: [/B]always needs to be compared to assists (and really points at the rim) IMO - when you do that - Feliz, DMW and Kipper all look similar. Yes - he had a low turnover rate, he made smart decisions - but he also rarely tried to take anyone off the dribble. Turnovers were a problem for AG last year, hopefully he's cleaned some of that up cause we'll need him for the previous category and for rebounding. [B]Rebounding: [/B]When was AJ a SG? Pretty sure we always had at least two of AF, TF AD and DMW in at all times.He pretty much played anywhere from 3-5 on defense which of course is where most rebounds come from. AG, DMW easily can take up slack here - AG particularly and, oh, that Kofi guy. Given we'll have more height, we don't need to replace all of his stats with one guy(my original objection). AG and DMW are pretty darn impressive however on the boards. [B]FTs:[/B] AJ only attempted 55 FTs last year - see early point about driving to the rim. Tevian was 10-11 and AF of course shot 75%. So if the point is - who do we want taking FTs at the end of the game- i think we have that covered. If the point is - his FT average is high - well it was pretty good - but only took 55. [/QUOTE]
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