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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 567275, member: 40"]
No doubt--his assist totals have been diminished by his teammates not hitting shots.
 
But his teammates not putting the ball in the basket has zero to do with him overdribbling, being lazy with the ball and getting his pocket picked several times per game, or driving into the lane and leaving his feet and trying to pass out only to turn the ball over [or repeating that mistake 2-3 times every game].
 
I want to be clear: I am not anti-MCW. I think there are some things that he does pretty well. Kid has outstanding passing instincts and court awareness, and I honestly believe that a lot of his issues have to do with lack of experience and being fairly weak physically. I enjoy having a kid like this on our team, I just don't enjoy watching him play against top flight opponents, given how badly he struggles.  And I don't think he's anywhere near the transcendent talent that many posters claimed back in November.
 
I am encouraged by the improvement he showed from Louisville I to the second game [everybody remembers how he played at the end of that game, but tend to forget how awful he was for the first 33 minutes], and how he drove to the hole yesterday and looked to get into the lane to create. I strongly believe that if he came back next year, he'd be much improved and be an assassin in terms of his effectiveness. Little chance of that happening, so oh well.
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