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1630303, Well sure. Shooting guards can run the floor too.
Posted by Frank Longo, Thu Dec-02-10 11:34 AM
>I still have my issues with him shooting as much as he does
>because the freshmen need shot attempts to get comfortable,
>but if you watched that game and said he doesn't distribute
>then I can't take you seriously. Besides that, he runs the
>damn team when they're out on the floor, shit Calhoun was
>taking him aside during timeouts and asking him what HE felt
>was working on offense, he's basically an extension of Calhoun
>out there. I like Napier alot, but to say he's "the PG" is
>false, when shit breaks down the ball is in Kemba's hands.

He's the point guard in the sense that he's the point man, the one with the ball in his hands. But usually a point guard is defined by his ability to distribute-- and while I did watch the Kentucky game and was impressed by how he got others involved at key points, his primary trait is not distribution, not by a longshot.

Just like Delaney is the playmaker, the guy who brings the ball up, but I can't really call him a "point guard," because as TJT put it, these are guys who shoot first, shoot second, and pass third.

It's just a semantics thing though, what he's labeled as, so it's not really that important. I do think Kyrie is easily the better pro prospect-- but he's definitely not as important to his team as Kemba is, and except for last game, he hasn't had to take a game over the way Kemba is forced to do every game.