(12-13-2021 07:25 AM)Osprey#1 Wrote:  I love Phillips and he should be our point guard. But he isn't Denzel Ingram. Maybe in a year or two? We need to recruit shooters.

Not a shooter? How do we know?

Right now he is 25-51(49%) from the field and 4-7 from three(57.1%) which is best on the team in both categories. Yet he has only taken 51 attempts in 8 games compared to 92 from Sims, 76 from Okauru and 69 from Fornes(who hasn't even played in the last 2 games). He doesn't need to be "off the ball" to get more shots, because the guys we move to PG aren't going to pass. So we simply need to have our other guards MOVING and setting picks for Phillips so he can get his shots.

When Ingram was moved to PG in his last season, he didn't shoot the most on the team but he was right up there. But he did take the most shots on the team as the 2 guard as a junior, but that's because we had a PG like Tally who could make the passes to guys who were open. Sims isn't that guy and neither is Okauru. They are both shoot first players so neither one of them is going to get the ball to Phillips if they are playing point.

Siddle needs to play Phillips at point and he needs to run some actual plays to get him shots. And once he starts getting shots he is going to draw defenders and can then pass to open players. Right now that is really our only option. I'd love to see Thomas thrive at PG but he isn't ready. Too many bad passes and turnovers right now.