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Message: [QUOTE="Ghost, post: 1313502, member: 581"] That's more or less my point - barring a freak injury, and a bad back, BJ takes that deep three and he probably doesn't come back in. Because JB doesn't trust him - but sometimes you gotta roll the dice. I mean his faith in TC is unwavering...extend a little courtesy to BJ and Patterson! :) I don't disagree with much of what you said, but we saw early in the year that even against P5 teams that kid could hold his own on the boards and contribute in ways other than scoring. He didn't become a total dolt overnight - inexperienced players are going to have much more volatility game to game. Joseph is an example of that, he's been awful on some nights, and he's been fine other nights. He always gets to play through it though. When you take a kid like BJ and yank him so quickly I do strongly believe that you cause him to press - and you in effect cause your own problems. Which games did BJ start? Were they the first three games (after G was suspended or whatever - I honestly don't recall for sure)? 9 PPG (with a 0 in game three btw), 7 REB, 30%'ish on threes, 2 turnovers, 5-5 on free throws. Did he really blow it that badly? He sucked against Cal (still pulled down 7 boards, but that was MSG...nerves were to be expected), but that was it for him. As Millhouse points out, in games where he gets off shots w/out the quick hook his percentages skyrocket. I just don't know that JB's philosophy is beyond critique (not implying you said it wasn't). Allowing a three here or there in exchange for extended minutes is something you may have to live with to reap that production earlier in the year. Again, it's all speculation, I have no idea if it works out that way, but I do tend to think it hampers progress in certain instances. I think it hurt Rak quite a bit in his development, and I can see where a valid argument can be made that it hurts BJ. Other players can play awful defense and still play PG all year.....BJ can't steal some minutes here or there? I just don't buy it for the most part. As always, it's fair to point out that none of us see practice - and that obviously impacts what we see with how minutes are allotted... [/QUOTE]

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