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[QUOTE="General20, post: 4801869, member: 724"]
Q wasn't ready to be a point guard last year, that much is clear and obvious. I'm not at all sure that means he can never be a point guard.  But I also dont think the term point guard is necessarily relevant anymore in the way it was for Sherman Douglas who did almost all the ball handling for that '87 final four team.

Dolezaj did a lot of our ball handling from the 5 spot just a couple years ago.

Its far more helpful in my opinon to look at what skills you have on the court rather than what position someone should play. In a perfect world you have 5 rim protectors, 5 rebounders, 5 passers, 5 ball handlers, 5 shooters.  Of course no team has ever had all of that, so you have to make consessions, but there is no such thing as having too much ball handling or too much passing, these are valuable skills you want everyone to have if possible.

Mintz, JJ, and Q can all be 'point guards' on the floor at the same time so long as they can also shoot well enough to play off the ball.

If we can field 3 'point guards' any team with even one weak perimeter defender is in trouble because he will be forced to guard someone who can drive by him and finish or find the open man if a double team comes.

Copeland doesn't need to be the guy who gets every outlet pass after every rebound the way Sherman Douglas did to be a great point guard in my opinion, he just needs have dribbling and passing skills.
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