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Pure PGs aren't necessarily the norm anymore. Bone was close to being that, but after bringing the ball across mid-court and sometimes taking the ball straight to the rim even he shared much of the floor general stuff. The Steve Nash, John Stockton, Danny Shultz, Rodney Woods, Johnny Darden, etc. types just seem to be less common like the huge center/low posts that were the primary option of offenses.

It's fine to have one guy get the ball across the time line, another to set the offense in motion, another to drive to the basket, another to feed the post. It's not necessary to have a pure PG that does all of those things. Actually depending on one player to do so much can be a disadvantage. If a defense shuts that person down it will be nearly possible to overcome.
 
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The thing I personally like about Santiago is his basketball IQ. Again, he's only played 6 games in Barnes' system and didn't have any practice time to prepare for the season here like James or other freshman.

I don't know why as fans we have to write off players to incoming guys we've not even seen play yet. I hope Springer is every bit as good as a legit 1 & done should be, but I want him to have to -take- the starting spot.

I hope Gaines and Pember can RS next year, both are going to be solid players and each have some upside to be more than role players off the bench. They take an extra season to develop and could really help their games.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
The thing I personally like about Santiago is his basketball IQ. Again, he's only played 6 games in Barnes' system and didn't have any practice time to prepare for the season here like James or other freshman.

I don't know why as fans we have to write off players to incoming guys we've not even seen play yet. I hope Springer is every bit as good as a legit 1 & done should be, but I want him to have to -take- the starting spot.

I hope Gaines and Pember can RS next year, both are going to be solid players and each have some upside to be more than role players off the bench. They take an extra season to develop and could really help their games.
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I agree. Esp how he’s performing considering he was just thrown into this season. With half a season under his belt and and entire offseason ahead, I imagine he could be a significant contributor for us next year even w the players coming in. Especially if he improves his ball handling
 
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golfballs said:
I agree. Esp how he’s performing considering he was just thrown into this season. With half a season under his belt and and entire offseason ahead, I imagine he could be a significant contributor for us next year even w the players coming in. Especially if he improves his ball handling
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That is the key.
 
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I don’t know what it is, but these ladies games feel like they fly by. Where as the guys it feels like hours.
 
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This 3rd Quarter is the first bit of women's basketball, Tennessee or otherwise, I've watched in years. Tennessee started with a 3 pt lead, and has since played some of the worst basketball I have seen in a long time to turn a 3 pt lead into a 11 pt deficit. 7 TOs in the quarter and only 7 points. Terrible ball movement, terrible passing, can't hit point-blank shots at the rim.

Conclusion: the womens' game is awful. Don't @ me.
 
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