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[QUOTE="jekelish, post: 176031, member: 82"]
First of all, I never want a point guard (or any guard) to "back down a defender and pop a three over him" because that's awful offense.

And when you say "run motion" regarding Triche, do you just mean movement away from the ball?

Triche is a point guard, and bees is right, he's better with the ball in his hands. You talk about him driving and using screens; have you ever noticed that our point guard does the majority of that?

Finally, people hear "point guard" and assume that means that player is the only one who distributes and moves off the ball, which is patently false. The point guard initiates the offense, yes, but as soon as he gets rid of it he can do any of the things you say you believe Triche thrives at. He gets rid of the ball, runs off of screens, can make cuts, etc. The point guard doesn't have the ball for the entirety of the possession.

Triche will play PG next year if Dion comes back, and he'll have a great year if that's the case, I think. If Dion leaves, then Triche will remain off the ball and MCW will become the point partly because he's more of a point than a 2, and partly because Triche is by far the more natural 2 of that pairing because of his superior ability to score (at this stage).
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