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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4072871, member: 1969"]
Don't put me down as a big Joe fan, but I don't see the biggest issue with this team  / or "the" weak link being Joe's play on offence.   He is certainly not a classic point guard, and when things are going bad my experience has been that fans like to go after these types of points.    Every team has crappy possessions -- but when you are mediocre, in close games, these are more memorable and the non-classic PG is a marked man

We are 14th in p5 offence per KP (out of 65)
We are 62nd in p5 defence per KP

Our problem is our defence in general not a component of our offence.  Now I know Joe contributes at least his fair share to our defensive woes, and is a big part of that problem.   But I just have a problem labelling his offensive play (and not being a classic point) as our weakest link.

And it's not something unique to this board or this team.   My favourite NBA team is FVV, and the Raptors have been similarly mediocre to the Orange.   And FVV has a bit of JG in him, on offence that he is not a classic point or great at running the offence.   He is however a very good defender.

Raptors are 10th out of 30 on offence
Raptors are 24th out of 30 in defence

And yet everybody's favourite whipping boy is FVV because he can't run the offence.    It just seems like a very similar situation to Syracuse.  The big problem is the team D, and not the PG who is not a classic PG.
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