That's pretty harsh. You're right, Taylor has mostly feasted on the lesser opponents and had a hard time with more athletic defenders so far. But a lot of that can be helped with offensive movement. He needs more Trevor Cooney in his game, and his PGs need to move the ball and run the offense better.
But if you think back to last year, he only had 1 or 2 really good games all season, including the lesser opponents we played last year. So, I see him making progress. Were Marius Janulis or Jason Cipolla so great at creating their own shots, or was it more that there was ball movement, and a PG to get the ball in position to have an open shot?
justin taylor:
0 points vs tennessee...in 28 minutes!
0 points vs Gonazaga in 26 minutes!
3 points vs UVA in 28 minutes!
like, literally, you cannot make this up!
if Benny did the same ...everyone would call for his benching...oh wait...
I dont have an agenda here...im going off of facts!
is he slightly improving? seems so...
is he anywhere close to good enough yet? nope.
and yeah the pg needs to get him involved...but this about more than just that...he literally cant get a shot off vs those types of teams...and it is a HUGE PROBLEM for a starting forward
especially if you also wanna play guys like mcleod and brown...who offer nothing with the ball as well (not mention non shooters like copeland and starling)
puts the guards in a tough spot. makes it VERY easy to play against.
which is why you are seeing those 3 blowouts that we saw.
at this point, hes a good bench option, imo...for next season, unless he figures it out vs ACC this year, which is possible.
he needs to shoot and he neds to score,...vs every opponent...thats his role.