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[QUOTE="NYCorange, post: 1728908, member: 4918"]
Exactly, he was a miss, plain and simple. We can't say why that was true--by all the reports it certainly had nothing to do with his work ethic. Maybe he was never that good, and the recruiting services and coaching staff rated him too high. It's probably not his fault. What do you want him to do, decide he's not good enough for Syracuse even though he was hand-picked to come play for us? Or maybe he just lost all his confidence after struggling early in his freshman season. It doesn't really matter--he didn't play well enough to stay--and not just in games, either. I'm sure if he was absolutely tearing it up in practice that he'd have gotten more chances.

That said, I wouldn't bet against the kid succeeding at his next stop. A extra year to practice will do any kid a lot of good (think about how we would evaluate G's career if 2014-2015 was his last year). He's clearly a top level athlete (have we had a better dunking pg? Maybe MCW? G doesn't count), just has to get his head/court awareness/handle up to speed. By all accounts he was a gym rat, which will help him a lot. He might tear it up in 2-3 years with BC or UMASS or Vermont.
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