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[QUOTE="General20, post: 4047879, member: 724"]
I'd have to go back and watch to be sure, but I honestly don't think a single one of Joe's assists have come from just swinging the ball around the paremiter and having one of his teammates hit a covered 3.  Syracuse doesn't play that way.  They are not going to be able to play that way.  Every team they play all year long is going to focus on denying the 3 point shot.  Swinging the ball around the perimeter would never work.  They need movement to get their shots off.

Joe's assist total is legit.  I'm not calling him Magic Johnson, he's not taking the whole offense on himself, drawing double teams, and spoonfeeding his teammates easy baskets.  Basically what I am saying is citicizing him for not being Magic Johnson is silly.  He's not turning the ball over.  He's quarterbacking the offense and getting the ball where it is suppose to be based on the plays called, and oh yeah, he's hitting 100% of his 3's!   That's fantasic.  We should celebrate it.  I don't like the fact that I am seeing people trying to nitpick and looking at his game with a magnifying glass to find things to criticize.  The kid made 1 turnover in a game where we got pressed a lot of the time, it was a meaningless turnover at the end of the game, and there have been about 20 posts about it.
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