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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 206545, member: 837"]
I absolutely am saying that. I'm not questioning his intelligence generally nor his work ethic and determination. But he's a guy who I think could be dynamic from 15 feet and in -- quick spin moves and quick feet, good FT shooter, obviously can face up and knock down jumpers, athletic enough and quick enough off the floor to follow up his own miss (did it twice late vs USF in key situations). IMO, and I'm not pretending to be some sort of basketball genius, he would be a more efficient player, shoot a higher percentage and get to the line far more often starting at 15 feet or closer and then hitting 3's when he's open. I'm not saying he has to live in the post per se, but he's better there than he is attacking on the dribble from the 3-point line on the wing all game.
 
My opinion of KJ is that he'd like to be Kobe-type of player -- good shooter, shoots over guys, gets to the basket, etc. But he'd be far more efficient as a guy who played down in the post.
 
An interesting comp is one of Melo or Nichols. Joseph plays a bit more like Nichols but isn't quite as good a shooter. He's not as big as Melo but has similar athleticism and is a better shooter. Yet while their overall shooting percentages were very similar, Melo averaged 22 ppg largely because he went to the line twice as often as KJ does. Now there are other differences in their games, obviously, but all I'm saying with KJ's game is that he's opted to be a more finesse shooter/penetrator when I think -- in the college game at least -- he would have been so much more dangerous as a guy who had a post component to his game.
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