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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1706163, member: 837"]
Are you seriously debating that Cooney is not better in a supplemental role as opposed to the role of creator and primary scorer? I don't think that's debatable and, what's more, I don't even view it as a criticism. Critique, I guess, but not really a criticism. I loved CJ Fair as much or more than anyone on this board but he was better as the 2/3 option vs. the 1. That's fine to say, IMO.

He took more shots (although it's worth pointing out that he was clearly supplemental to G who not only took more shots and scored more points but also had the ball in his hands far more often) but it's the nature of the shots he took. He struggled on three drives to the basket, but if he wants to pick spots to aggressive that's fine. Otherwise it 7 threes and most if not all were open looks. One has to assume some of that is because of his movement without the ball and some of it has to do with the attention paid to G, who was dominant, and Richardson, who was excellent vs. Dayton.

Anyway, I know Cooney gets a ton of criticism here, but saying he's a more effective player when he's playing a secondary role seems like Basketball 101 in a lot of ways, IMO.
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