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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 292601, member: 906"] All above average PG's should have isolation qualities. They should be able to attack the paint without a high post up threat. They shouldn't need to depend on the pick and roll to drive. Some even have the ability to attack the paint off the dribble come back out of the paint and go back in like Flynn or Jordan could. And they should have the court vision and smoothness to pass off the dribble and understand what to do depending how the secondary defender is playing. Thats the problem with assist numbers you give a good post up guy or a forward who attacks off the dribble and just about anyone can make a pass to them. Tired of hearing about a guard who can make a pass to a post up guy fronting in the high post and being loved for it. Tired of hearing look at the assist numbers because he passed to a forward who drives immedietly like KJO or CJ wide open in the post. What made Scoop even better this season was he added the dribble penetration without a true high post threat and found long passes to the low post at times. He didn't have that the previous seasons. That will really up his draft stock. MCW will be light years ahead of Triche in making the low post pass from a few feet beyond the three point line. I do think Triche could be a good solid PG in a lineup with a solid high post threat like Dajaun/CJ, and Cooney or Southerland on the perimeter though. When he has the isolation scorers around him. [B][U]Infact[/U][/B] that may be better for the team because Triche is more of a 3rd scoring option then a first. We actually had some trouble with our starting lineup when he was the 2nd scoring option. In came Dion and it was a different story. Also the fact that SG's should be teasing the 1st or 2nd scoring options on a team in many cases. It just makes sense especially in Cuse's system. I just am not sold on Triche being ready for the degree of toughness to run the point while clearing out the lane. Asking him to break down another PG with the dribble drive in isolation is alittle like a bull in a china shop. Look how long it took scoop to learn that. Not saying couldn't get it done but it would surprise me. Its just not his game. Now MCW on the other hand is a different story. [/QUOTE]

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