The one thing that I think Tyus really has going for him, is his ability to score in one on one situations. At the next level, with a team full of shooters(or at least more than he's working with now), the floor will be much more spread out for him than it is now. With better athlete's defending him, it'll be a bit tougher to get decent shots, but I still think he'll be able to. He also is packed with that dreaded word "potential"...aka, he's a solid player, enough to stand out in college, but not a complete enough game to really carry our team to a championship right now. Where he's projected now, most NBA execs aren't looking for an immediate impact player, like you'd be looking at in the lottery, they're looking for a guy who could become one. That is definitely the group that Tyus falls into. I think that 6-7 minute stretch against Duke in the second half last year, as well as the UVA game, were only a small sample of what he's really capable of.
As a Cuse fan, I'd love to have him back, and really think he still has a great opportunity to improve here, but as others have said, the NBA is a young man's game, and the longer you wait, and the older you get, if you don't make the improvement year to year, like people expect, it will only hurt your stock. He's definitely a better player than last year, but if he returns, will be make another significant jump?
