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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2027008, member: 40"] The funny thing about Patterson was that he came in with a reputation as a quality shooter / defender with a sick wingspan for a guard, who couldn't handle the ball at all. As it turns out, he ended up being basically the opposite--a better all around player than expected, but couldn't throw the ball in the ocean, and not a great defender up top in the zone [probably would have been better in a man2man system]. He ended up being [U]much[/U] better creating off the bounce than reputed. If only he could have shot a minimum of 33% of whatever from three... To be clear: I still think that Patterson was more like a St. John's type of player than a Syracuse player, but there's no doubt that he could have been a bench contributor had he stayed. [/QUOTE]