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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 35893, member: 837"] I'm not exactly sure how to interpret this post b/c I feel like you're making several assertions. I'll try to take them, as I interpret them, one by one. [B]Scoop is not an elite guard[/B] I don't necessarily disagree with this. I think he could improve and be pretty damn good but no, he's not Kemba Walker. Nor is he Sherm. Nor is he Pearl -- all of which I state in my original post. [B]A team needs a transcendently talented PG to win a national championship.[/B] Not sure where this comes from but we were in the title game with Z Sims -- real good, true PG but hardly an elite talent. We won one with a combination of GMac and Edelin, both of whom I loved but both were frosh and neither was in the class of the best PGs we had. GMac was playing out of position and Edelin had a world of potential but was a true frosh. And Larry Drew shot 21% from 3, 31% from the floor and averaged 4 assists for UNC last year. The problem isn't that he's not championship caliber. It's that he sort of sucks. As for Autry and Hart -- I like them both and each was a key reason their teams had success. I find it hard to point to PG play as the primary reason their teams didn't win titles. [B]Scoop may be the 4th best PG on the team[/B] I don't get this. Dion is talented but also told the coach off. MCW hasn't proven a thing -- we've had mcd's who've done nothing before (Fab, Greene was good but not great, etc). Triche was the PG two years ago, but Jardine was the better ball-handler. I don't see where that has changed. I'm not only convinced Scoop is the best PG on this team, but unless I see that Dion has matured or Triche has significantly improved his handle or that MCW is really advanced for a frosh, I'm not even sure there is a close second. [B]Southerland won't play[/B] I actually think he will play more than most people think and while he's probably not headed to the NBA anytime soon, I think he's a pretty capable player with discernible skills that could, conceivably, play a role on a championship team. [/QUOTE]

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