TarHeelIllustrated - Looking Ahead: RJ Davis
As we begin RJ Davis Week in our Look Ahead series, here we dive into the senior guard's toughness and its effect on UNC
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Looking Ahead: RJ Davis
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Losing some of his ball handling responsibilities should allow Davis to focus mostly on shooting and because of that he may well have a monster year shooting the rock…
That + him having to adopt more of a playmakers mentality can only improve our backcourt since we essentially have two PGs playing at all times now! The rotation of Cadeau, RJ, and Seth will have peeps gasping by the end of games! I can't wait!
I strongly believe that an aspect of great coaching is putting a kid in a position to succeed, what does that mean? For me it means you put a kid in a position to be able to use most often the best part of his game and you work to improve the weak parts of his game in practice. It made zero sense to me to use Seth as a 2 guard with on last season's team required him to take a lot of jump shots, for the record I didn't want Leaky to play the point for us, and I sure didn't want Bacot trying to be a wing.
RJ at the point IMO, limits him rather than expands him, best part of his game is his own shooting and the occasional drive, I do not see him as even a on par passing facilitator, in other words he to me is a tail back rather than a QB. RJ wants to play the point for us because he knows the NBA would only really consider him as a PG, problem for him to be the best player he can be he needs to play at the 2 and frankly, the NBA is not RJ's future other than maybe a 2 way contract and in large part because he is a short 2 guard that is way out of his depth as a NBA PG, his money will be made across the pond.
I think RJ can become a fantastic college 2 but I don't really ever see him as the PG I want starting for UNC.
RJ at the point IMO, limits him rather than expands him, best part of his game is his own shooting and the occasional drive, I do not see him as even a on par passing facilitator, in other words he to me is a tail back rather than a QB. RJ wants to play the point for us because he knows the NBA would only really consider him as a PG, problem for him to be the best player he can be he needs to play at the 2 and frankly, the NBA is not RJ's future other than maybe a 2 way contract and in large part because he is a short 2 guard that is way out of his depth as a NBA PG, his money will be made across the pond.
I think RJ can become a fantastic college 2 but I don't really ever see him as the PG I want starting for UNC.
I agree 100% with D, with one caveat! Sometimes great coaching means you play peeps where the team needs them to increase team success! I would argue, that there were no better options than to play RJ at point! Seth proved incapable of making the proper decisions on the fly and Caleb couldn't shake the "take over the game" mentality. That left either RJ or Leaky at point and we all agree which one of them is the better choice! A combo of Leaky and Seth as wings is also a daunting gauntlet for opponents to try to score upon even if they were also some of the least proficient scorers! It didn't work we agree, but that doesn't mean good coaches shouldn't have tried it IMO! BUT:
This year we can release the pervasive angst from the past; recognize this team has little relationship to last year's; and look freakin' forward! Cadeau and hopefully Seth's growth should solve the PG issue. RJ and Ingram or Ryan should solve the wing scoring/shooting issue, Withers, Okonkwo, and High should solve both the 4 and 5 issues + add some shooting/scoring, and versatile + skilled depth should solve both the defensive predictability and speed of play issues! Hubs and staff are smart bball lifers who should learn from their mistakes too, so........Dang it is another GDTBATH!
This year we can release the pervasive angst from the past; recognize this team has little relationship to last year's; and look freakin' forward! Cadeau and hopefully Seth's growth should solve the PG issue. RJ and Ingram or Ryan should solve the wing scoring/shooting issue, Withers, Okonkwo, and High should solve both the 4 and 5 issues + add some shooting/scoring, and versatile + skilled depth should solve both the defensive predictability and speed of play issues! Hubs and staff are smart bball lifers who should learn from their mistakes too, so........Dang it is another GDTBATH!
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