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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 4624351, member: 722"]
When I look at player performance, I try to look at a consistent measure. I mostly look at per 40 numbers only on conference play, to try to get performance only against better opponents (although the ACC wasn't great this year).

Benny Williams improved in nearly every category.  In spite of his minutes doubling, he shot better, rebounded better, blocked more shots, got more steals.  The only negative is that his turnovers pet 40 increased with greater minutes.  He had a miserable freshman year, and showed out a lot better this past year, showing a lot of growth.  This in addition to his measurable and visible improvement his last four games.

I think he's a significant candidate for another leap.

His high school footage showed a guy who could dribble drive, lead the break, and attack the basket... Why did he forget how to do all that when he got here? I don't think he did, he was told not to.  So when he saw the opportunity and tried, half his brain was saying "go" and the JB controlled half was saying "no!"

The net result was a lot of bad dribbling with nothing positive resulting.

Nobody will benefit from the change of coaching  more than Benny Williams.

Even if I'm wrong, and he's just a guy who rebounds pretty well and hits open threes, he's a valuable player.  Even more so with two aggressive penetrators as the guards, as his number of open shots should increase with the shift from Girard to Starling.
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