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[QUOTE="Ghost, post: 1678235, member: 581"]
I think the issue with that is the position he plays.  I mean, nobody expects Roberson to start taking it to the whole and create some offense for others.  Lydon isn't going to assume a guard role.  Mal is a Frosh, but at least has some creativity in his game, can get to the rim regularly (with tremendously mixed results).

Guards are soooooooooo important in the game today, having one that can't do anything on offense other than shoot, and shoots below 30% from three in conference play in his career (ouch!) - makes it that much harder on the other players, because of this position he plays.

Ideally, if the offense is struggling, you can create for yourself or for others.  TC is a shooting guard that runs in circles and offers up little else.  It's all sorts of backwards.  After that, it's all about how much you value the spacing he provides, and how much of that goes away if you switch it up.  Probably not much - but some think differently.

Plenty of teams run an offense now that functions with 3 or even 4 guards (you have to have some length in there) pretty successfully, think Nova, but few teams run an offense with all forwards (combo-guards) with no true guards.  Cooney could thrive in an offense like that (Nova) where his spacing would be more helpful, and could be exploited.  On this team, for three years, he's been an anchor.
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