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[QUOTE="malpearl31, post: 3314592, member: 6520"]
I hear what you're saying, but one part of your argument that I have a hard time wrapping my head around is this: If it's true that a guy like Buddy simply can't get it done on the offensive end of the floor against "athletes" (which is pretty a vague/subjective standard, but I'll sort of skip past it for the moment) - but a guy like Tyus can... then why wouldn't a guy like Tyus be even better against the "non-athletes" than Buddy?

Said another way - If Tyus (or Goodine, or whoever people want to see on the court over Buddy) has the superior skill set to "dribble, do something creative with the ball" against the best athletes in college basketball - wouldn't those same skills translate into domination against the "non-athletes"?  Because I don't think that the stats show that to be the case.

If you look at the stats, virtually every player performs worse against the top teams - there really aren't any magical players that excel against the best teams and don't perform as well against the lower-ranked teams. (And kenpom does break his player stats down for conference-only play and against what he terms "Tier A" opponents... another good reason to embrace the advanced stats revolution!)
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