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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1837325, member: 837"] I agree with the second half of this (that roberson hasn't shown much improvement offensively in his last 65 games), but the first half doesn't make much sense to me. I agree that Roberson hasn't shown much on offense and that Rak had some talent buried inside, but Rak wasn't even a reliable catch-and-finish guy. The dude did absolutely nothing as a frosh -- not unlike roberson -- but failed to average even 6 ppg as a soph and junior. He may have had some post moves in there and may have needed more touches, but that's still absolutely zero offensive production. Roberson, by comparison, has put up 8 ppg for two straight years and did so much more efficiently this year. Dude has work to do but he's certainly shown more, albeit without quite the potential offensive upside that Rak displayed, in the past two years than Rak did. Again, I don't know that Roberson has Rak's senior season in him anywhere, but I wouldn't bet against him upping his offensive output by a few points and adding another element to his game (15-footer? a go-to post move? More efficient finishing around the basket?) And with RJ, he was and always will be a smother offensive player than Roberson. But it wasn't like RJ got more touches as a senior -- he simply got more minutes due to the roster situation. He averaged a shot every 3.64 minutes as a junior and 1 every 3.79 minutes as a senior. The evolution was in his body type -- a transformation that allowed him to log a ton of minutes as a senior and become one of the premier post defenders in the league. I could see an engaged, motivated Roberson dominating the glass in ACC play and adding to that a slightly more improved all-around game. That would be a huge step forward from the inconsistent roberson we've seen the past two years. [/QUOTE]

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