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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 92713, member: 906"] Your saying it like its a fact, its not. There isn't many True PG's around anymore. KJO, CJ, Southerland can bring the ball downcourt and throw a perimeter pass. Does that make them a PG? Gerry could do the same does that make him a PG? Do Melo and Keita become a PG in the halfcourt because they can come out to the three point line and throw a perimeter pass like Triche? Protecting the ball makes them a PG?? Then why don't teams press us to death while Scoop isn't in. Look, teams aren't stopping guys like Dion or Paul Harris bringing the ball down the floor. They will blow by and get a transition bucket. Does that make them PG's? Triche would slow it up and give us less chance to make a transition bucket. Rautins is being looked at by the knicks as a PG right now. [U]He played 0 minutes of PG here. Zero.[/U] Tony Douglas in the same light is a PG. But hes a shooter thats what he does. Hes a SG that plays point. [B]True PG's are guys like Deron Williams, Derick Rose, Jonny Flynn, Edelin. Guys with blow by speed, or superior physical bodies to beable to hesitate in the lane while not picking up their dribble. Something Triche doesn't do, but Dion can.[/B] [B]Guys who can face opponents 45 degrees instead of face on and switch directions left and right without picking up their dribble are PG's.[/B] Jordan in the same light was a PG he was able to run circles around people without picking up his dribble. We haven't had a PG to do that since Flynn. Not even Scoop. Whens the last time you saw scoop drive come back out to the three point line and go back into the lane? MCW's right now is one of the best passers and it is not a stretch to say the best passer we have ever had. But, the jury is out if he will be more like one of those. His dribble is really high, but can he change direction or find enough speed, and hesitate in the lane to be a true PG. Guys like Wade, Billups, Douglas, Gmac, Devendorf, JR Smith, and the such are more of SG's then PG's. Dion is more of a PG then Triche and it has nothing to do with his scoring mentallity. It has to do with his ability to blow by hesitate and sidestep in the lane without picking up his dribble. I agree hes not the best hesitator but his superior lateral dribbling skill to get his defender off balence is ahead of Triches . It has nothign to do with scoring never did. Pg's don't have to distribute. If teams cut all the passing lanes its better they don't try to force it no matter how good of a passer they are. I would agree though Triche does have some PG skills. But, hes best off right now as a Rautins like scorer behind AO and Wes or KJO/Wes as the third option. Not as our Starting SG and second scoring option like Devendorf. Hes just not that kind of scorer yet. [/QUOTE]

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