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[QUOTE="Col. Bleep, post: 2532829, member: 1023"]
I cut Frank Howard a lot of slack...especially playing sick or recuperating.
He may have been recruited to be a point guard but he was mostly a 2 in high school.

[URL='http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/145634/franklin-howard']Franklin Howard - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN[/URL]

There are certain positions in sports that someone excels at because he or she is a natural for it.
A quarterback in football.
A pitcher in baseball.
A goalie in hockey,
And a point guard in basketball.

The skills can be taught but you've got to have an innate feel for it.
A talented athlete can learn the skills.
But it's not easy and natural pure points, say Sherman Douglas or Pearl, are generally the ones who really excel.
(The best example I can think of offhand was Jason Kidd.  He could score 2 points all game and totally control the basketball game).

Frank Howard is still learning.
He's not a natural point.

For that matter, neither is Jalen Carey.
But he's playing and learning it this year.
That's a nice head start.
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