Mikey Dixon

[quote="Room112" post=301583][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=301570][quote="Room112" post=301558][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301556]Promoting Dixon to the point? I have a better idea, and it's for every player. You don't play defense, you get yanked.. Plenty of depth at the guard and SF position with guys hungry for minutes. As for who plays the point, the answer, which is the same for PF and center, is bring in players that played that position since grade school. The fact that all of us are constantly inventing new positions and new roles for nearly everyone shows how difficult it has been for the staff to recruit a balanced roster. Still, we have an excellent combination of skilled players and athletes to create mismatches and make life difficult for our opponents on both ends of the court. The staff Should be able to figure that out.[/quote]

The game has widely evolved. The game has moved towards positionless basketball and the stats reflect that. Pure PG, Pure C, etc are a thing of the past. Look at the BE stats from last year. Simon and Ponds ranked 2nd and 4th in the league in assists!!! In fact, you can argue everyone in the top 10 in assists is a combo guard. So you want to place the blame on Mullin for recrutiing wrong, but who in our league is recruting right?

Brunson and DiVincenzo are both in the top 10 also and nobody is confusing those as a pure point guard either. Shame on Jay Wright.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba..._/id/4/stat/assists/sort/avgAssists/year/2018[/quote]

Jaylen Brunson not a pure point guard?[/quote]

Well he avergaed 4.7 assists last year. Same as Ponds and less than Simon. He looks to score.

The days of Mark Jackson are over. It's rare to find a point guard like that now.[/quote]

Please don't ever compare Simon to Jalen Brunson. Brunson is as pure as a PG comes. He is an ok athlete that oozes skill. Simon is the exact opposite. Simon has an average handle AT BEST for s SF. I've were terrible last year and has no capable ball-handled outside of Ponds. It's easy to accumulate stats when your team sucks.
 
[quote="Marillac" post=301624][quote="Room112" post=301583][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=301570][quote="Room112" post=301558][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301556]Promoting Dixon to the point? I have a better idea, and it's for every player. You don't play defense, you get yanked.. Plenty of depth at the guard and SF position with guys hungry for minutes. As for who plays the point, the answer, which is the same for PF and center, is bring in players that played that position since grade school. The fact that all of us are constantly inventing new positions and new roles for nearly everyone shows how difficult it has been for the staff to recruit a balanced roster. Still, we have an excellent combination of skilled players and athletes to create mismatches and make life difficult for our opponents on both ends of the court. The staff Should be able to figure that out.[/quote]

The game has widely evolved. The game has moved towards positionless basketball and the stats reflect that. Pure PG, Pure C, etc are a thing of the past. Look at the BE stats from last year. Simon and Ponds ranked 2nd and 4th in the league in assists!!! In fact, you can argue everyone in the top 10 in assists is a combo guard. So you want to place the blame on Mullin for recrutiing wrong, but who in our league is recruting right?

Brunson and DiVincenzo are both in the top 10 also and nobody is confusing those as a pure point guard either. Shame on Jay Wright.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba..._/id/4/stat/assists/sort/avgAssists/year/2018[/quote]

Jaylen Brunson not a pure point guard?[/quote]

Well he avergaed 4.7 assists last year. Same as Ponds and less than Simon. He looks to score.

The days of Mark Jackson are over. It's rare to find a point guard like that now.[/quote]

Please don't ever compare Simon to Jalen Brunson. Brunson is as pure as a PG comes. He is an ok athlete that oozes skill. Simon is the exact opposite. Simon has an average handle AT BEST for s SF. I've were terrible last year and has no capable ball-handled outside of Ponds. It's easy to accumulate stats when your team sucks.[/quote]

Wow lol. I was not comparing, I listed stats. We get it, you hate Simon.
 
[quote="Paul Massell" post=301572][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301568]
What's off here is Heron guarding power forwards and Clark guarding players 6'10 and up, which will have to happen all season. Keita staying healthy and out of foul trouble is so important to avoid constant size and strength mismatches. That's if he has the desire to bang with the bangers. He seems to have the athleticism. I'm taking a wait and see approach on the rest.[/quote]

The flip side of this is of course, how do these big guys guard faster, more athletic players on the other end? So it is a schema that can work in your favor if you can take advantage of your own positive mismatches and can leverage the advantages of speed over size. The X factor is efficiency and that is why you need smart players who are fully bought-in to win this way. That is what Nova preaches and has been doing so well.[/quote]
Spot on Paul. Which is why we need to stop the infatuation with the 3. Unless we are hot, it negates the advantage.
 
[quote="Room112" post=301626][quote="Marillac" post=301624][quote="Room112" post=301583][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=301570][quote="Room112" post=301558][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301556]Promoting Dixon to the point? I have a better idea, and it's for every player. You don't play defense, you get yanked.. Plenty of depth at the guard and SF position with guys hungry for minutes. As for who plays the point, the answer, which is the same for PF and center, is bring in players that played that position since grade school. The fact that all of us are constantly inventing new positions and new roles for nearly everyone shows how difficult it has been for the staff to recruit a balanced roster. Still, we have an excellent combination of skilled players and athletes to create mismatches and make life difficult for our opponents on both ends of the court. The staff Should be able to figure that out.[/quote]

The game has widely evolved. The game has moved towards positionless basketball and the stats reflect that. Pure PG, Pure C, etc are a thing of the past. Look at the BE stats from last year. Simon and Ponds ranked 2nd and 4th in the league in assists!!! In fact, you can argue everyone in the top 10 in assists is a combo guard. So you want to place the blame on Mullin for recrutiing wrong, but who in our league is recruting right?

Brunson and DiVincenzo are both in the top 10 also and nobody is confusing those as a pure point guard either. Shame on Jay Wright.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba..._/id/4/stat/assists/sort/avgAssists/year/2018[/quote]

Jaylen Brunson not a pure point guard?[/quote]

Well he avergaed 4.7 assists last year. Same as Ponds and less than Simon. He looks to score.

The days of Mark Jackson are over. It's rare to find a point guard like that now.[/quote]

Please don't ever compare Simon to Jalen Brunson. Brunson is as pure as a PG comes. He is an ok athlete that oozes skill. Simon is the exact opposite. Simon has an average handle AT BEST for s SF. I've were terrible last year and has no capable ball-handled outside of Ponds. It's easy to accumulate stats when your team sucks.[/quote]

Wow lol. I was not comparing, I listed stats. We get it, you hate Simon.[/quote]

The thing is that he doesn't hate Simon. He actually loves Simon, but knows his flaws.
 
[quote="L J S A" post=301628][quote="Room112" post=301626][quote="Marillac" post=301624][quote="Room112" post=301583][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=301570][quote="Room112" post=301558][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301556]Promoting Dixon to the point? I have a better idea, and it's for every player. You don't play defense, you get yanked.. Plenty of depth at the guard and SF position with guys hungry for minutes. As for who plays the point, the answer, which is the same for PF and center, is bring in players that played that position since grade school. The fact that all of us are constantly inventing new positions and new roles for nearly everyone shows how difficult it has been for the staff to recruit a balanced roster. Still, we have an excellent combination of skilled players and athletes to create mismatches and make life difficult for our opponents on both ends of the court. The staff Should be able to figure that out.[/quote]

The game has widely evolved. The game has moved towards positionless basketball and the stats reflect that. Pure PG, Pure C, etc are a thing of the past. Look at the BE stats from last year. Simon and Ponds ranked 2nd and 4th in the league in assists!!! In fact, you can argue everyone in the top 10 in assists is a combo guard. So you want to place the blame on Mullin for recrutiing wrong, but who in our league is recruting right?

Brunson and DiVincenzo are both in the top 10 also and nobody is confusing those as a pure point guard either. Shame on Jay Wright.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba..._/id/4/stat/assists/sort/avgAssists/year/2018[/quote]

Jaylen Brunson not a pure point guard?[/quote]

Well he avergaed 4.7 assists last year. Same as Ponds and less than Simon. He looks to score.

The days of Mark Jackson are over. It's rare to find a point guard like that now.[/quote]

Please don't ever compare Simon to Jalen Brunson. Brunson is as pure as a PG comes. He is an ok athlete that oozes skill. Simon is the exact opposite. Simon has an average handle AT BEST for s SF. I've were terrible last year and has no capable ball-handled outside of Ponds. It's easy to accumulate stats when your team sucks.[/quote]

Wow lol. I was not comparing, I listed stats. We get it, you hate Simon.[/quote]

The thing is that he doesn't hate Simon. He actually loves Simon, but knows his flaws.[/quote]

This is spot on. I consistently called for Dom to be moved inside to play PF and C and was ridiculed. I think Simon can be much better than Dom inside because he can pass out and he has more skill and size.

Simon cannot be a perimeter player for a team that wins consistently. It's that simple. Heron has a superior handle and perimeter skill set.
 
[quote="Section3" post=301627]
Spot on Paul. Which is why we need to stop the infatuation with the 3. Unless we are hot, it negates the advantage.[/quote]

I like the three when it is done right. That is moving the ball around and inside and out and taking the shot after making the defense work and then taking the shot when it is available. Then when the perimeter gets overplayed pushing the ball back inside for the high percentage 2. The off balance fade 2 seconds off the shot clock rushed threes are the problem.
 
[quote="Marillac" post=301624][quote="Room112" post=301583][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=301570][quote="Room112" post=301558][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301556]Promoting Dixon to the point? I have a better idea, and it's for every player. You don't play defense, you get yanked.. Plenty of depth at the guard and SF position with guys hungry for minutes. As for who plays the point, the answer, which is the same for PF and center, is bring in players that played that position since grade school. The fact that all of us are constantly inventing new positions and new roles for nearly everyone shows how difficult it has been for the staff to recruit a balanced roster. Still, we have an excellent combination of skilled players and athletes to create mismatches and make life difficult for our opponents on both ends of the court. The staff Should be able to figure that out.[/quote]

The game has widely evolved. The game has moved towards positionless basketball and the stats reflect that. Pure PG, Pure C, etc are a thing of the past. Look at the BE stats from last year. Simon and Ponds ranked 2nd and 4th in the league in assists!!! In fact, you can argue everyone in the top 10 in assists is a combo guard. So you want to place the blame on Mullin for recrutiing wrong, but who in our league is recruting right?

Brunson and DiVincenzo are both in the top 10 also and nobody is confusing those as a pure point guard either. Shame on Jay Wright.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba..._/id/4/stat/assists/sort/avgAssists/year/2018[/quote]

Jaylen Brunson not a pure point guard?[/quote]

Well he avergaed 4.7 assists last year. Same as Ponds and less than Simon. He looks to score.

The days of Mark Jackson are over. It's rare to find a point guard like that now.[/quote]

Please don't ever compare Simon to Jalen Brunson. Brunson is as pure as a PG comes. He is an ok athlete that oozes skill. Simon is the exact opposite. Simon has an average handle AT BEST for s SF. I've were terrible last year and has no capable ball-handled outside of Ponds. It's easy to accumulate stats when your team sucks.[/quote]

http://www.draftexpress.com/article/adidas-Nations-Scouting-Reports-Part-1-4668/
 
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=301576]Paul Massell wrote: The flip side of this is of course, how do these big guys guard faster, more athletic players on the other end? So it is a schema that can work in your favor if you can take advantage of your own positive mismatches and can leverage the advantages of speed over size. The X factor is efficiency and that is why you need smart players who are fully bought-in to win this way. That is what Nova preaches and has been doing so well.

Agree that Nova likes to go 4 guards/wings with one big but they always have at least one excellent big to balance things out. A few years ago it was Ochefu, last year it was Spellman & Paschall, this year it is Paschall, Cosby-Roundtree & Bey all of whom are 6'8 or 6'9 and not skinny. Our only real big this year is Keita and he needs to play well for us to avoid games where we are killed in the post.[/quote]

Agreed, Nova always has a big, and also always has a floor general. Before Brunson it was Archi. If not exactly pure PGs, certainly pretty damn close to pure. They also always have players who know their roles. We have none of the above. This is not directed at you but at others who twisted my words around to claim that I said what we need a “pure” PG. I said what we need is a floor general.
 
[quote="Monte" post=301649][quote="NCJohnnie" post=301576]Paul Massell wrote: The flip side of this is of course, how do these big guys guard faster, more athletic players on the other end? So it is a schema that can work in your favor if you can take advantage of your own positive mismatches and can leverage the advantages of speed over size. The X factor is efficiency and that is why you need smart players who are fully bought-in to win this way. That is what Nova preaches and has been doing so well.

Agree that Nova likes to go 4 guards/wings with one big but they always have at least one excellent big to balance things out. A few years ago it was Ochefu, last year it was Spellman & Paschall, this year it is Paschall, Cosby-Roundtree & Bey all of whom are 6'8 or 6'9 and not skinny. Our only real big this year is Keita and he needs to play well for us to avoid games where we are killed in the post.[/quote]

Agreed, Nova always has a big, and also always has a floor general. Before Brunson it was Archi. If not exactly pure PGs, certainly pretty damn close to pure. They also always have players who know their roles. We have none of the above. This is not directed at you but at others who twisted my words around to claim that I said what we need a “pure” PG. I said what we need is a floor general.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but you consider Archidianco a floor general? He plays way better off the ball. Last year it was proven that when he was pressured he would play sloppy.
 
[quote="L J S A" post=301628][quote="Room112" post=301626][quote="Marillac" post=301624][quote="Room112" post=301583][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=301570][quote="Room112" post=301558][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301556]Promoting Dixon to the point? I have a better idea, and it's for every player. You don't play defense, you get yanked.. Plenty of depth at the guard and SF position with guys hungry for minutes. As for who plays the point, the answer, which is the same for PF and center, is bring in players that played that position since grade school. The fact that all of us are constantly inventing new positions and new roles for nearly everyone shows how difficult it has been for the staff to recruit a balanced roster. Still, we have an excellent combination of skilled players and athletes to create mismatches and make life difficult for our opponents on both ends of the court. The staff Should be able to figure that out.[/quote]

The game has widely evolved. The game has moved towards positionless basketball and the stats reflect that. Pure PG, Pure C, etc are a thing of the past. Look at the BE stats from last year. Simon and Ponds ranked 2nd and 4th in the league in assists!!! In fact, you can argue everyone in the top 10 in assists is a combo guard. So you want to place the blame on Mullin for recrutiing wrong, but who in our league is recruting right?

Brunson and DiVincenzo are both in the top 10 also and nobody is confusing those as a pure point guard either. Shame on Jay Wright.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba..._/id/4/stat/assists/sort/avgAssists/year/2018[/quote]

Jaylen Brunson not a pure point guard?[/quote]

Well he avergaed 4.7 assists last year. Same as Ponds and less than Simon. He looks to score.

The days of Mark Jackson are over. It's rare to find a point guard like that now.[/quote]

Please don't ever compare Simon to Jalen Brunson. Brunson is as pure as a PG comes. He is an ok athlete that oozes skill. Simon is the exact opposite. Simon has an average handle AT BEST for s SF. I've were terrible last year and has no capable ball-handled outside of Ponds. It's easy to accumulate stats when your team sucks.[/quote]

Wow lol. I was not comparing, I listed stats. We get it, you hate Simon.[/quote]

The thing is that he doesn't hate Simon. He actually loves Simon, but knows his flaws.[/quote]

No he hates Simon. Actually hates anyone that gets complimented because somehow he feels it takes away from Ponds. If we play well he will start nit picking away at Heron until it eventually becomes irrational.
 
[quote="we are sju" post=301651][quote="L J S A" post=301628][quote="Room112" post=301626][quote="Marillac" post=301624][quote="Room112" post=301583][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=301570][quote="Room112" post=301558][quote="Ray Morgan" post=301556]Promoting Dixon to the point? I have a better idea, and it's for every player. You don't play defense, you get yanked.. Plenty of depth at the guard and SF position with guys hungry for minutes. As for who plays the point, the answer, which is the same for PF and center, is bring in players that played that position since grade school. The fact that all of us are constantly inventing new positions and new roles for nearly everyone shows how difficult it has been for the staff to recruit a balanced roster. Still, we have an excellent combination of skilled players and athletes to create mismatches and make life difficult for our opponents on both ends of the court. The staff Should be able to figure that out.[/quote]

The game has widely evolved. The game has moved towards positionless basketball and the stats reflect that. Pure PG, Pure C, etc are a thing of the past. Look at the BE stats from last year. Simon and Ponds ranked 2nd and 4th in the league in assists!!! In fact, you can argue everyone in the top 10 in assists is a combo guard. So you want to place the blame on Mullin for recrutiing wrong, but who in our league is recruting right?

Brunson and DiVincenzo are both in the top 10 also and nobody is confusing those as a pure point guard either. Shame on Jay Wright.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba..._/id/4/stat/assists/sort/avgAssists/year/2018[/quote]

Jaylen Brunson not a pure point guard?[/quote]

Well he avergaed 4.7 assists last year. Same as Ponds and less than Simon. He looks to score.

The days of Mark Jackson are over. It's rare to find a point guard like that now.[/quote]

Please don't ever compare Simon to Jalen Brunson. Brunson is as pure as a PG comes. He is an ok athlete that oozes skill. Simon is the exact opposite. Simon has an average handle AT BEST for s SF. I've were terrible last year and has no capable ball-handled outside of Ponds. It's easy to accumulate stats when your team sucks.[/quote]

Wow lol. I was not comparing, I listed stats. We get it, you hate Simon.[/quote]

The thing is that he doesn't hate Simon. He actually loves Simon, but knows his flaws.[/quote]

No he hates Simon. Actually hates anyone that gets complimented because somehow he feels it takes away from Ponds. If we play well he will start nit picking away at Heron until it eventually becomes irrational.[/quote]

I may actually like Heron as much as Ponds. He's a tremendously skilled plauer. I'll never turn on him. I'd be just as unhappy if we had Alonzo Mourning playing guard for us. Why waste Simon on the perimeter? He can't shoot, he kills spacing, and he has a below average handle. Inside it's a different story. He rebounds like a monster. He can seal his man, post up, face up, and pass out. He's also awesome cutting and receiving passes. He just can't dribble!!!!! That's not hate. Nov had 7-8 guys that could handle better than Simon last year.

I in record saying I think Simon could be a 2'd round pick if he embraces the 4/3 hybrid forward role.
 
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