AtheJ415 wrote:Because his roles have been declining in difficulty, and he is still sucking. That is why. Last year the FO clearly made about development. It was obvious. Now he's being asked to handle the ball less and be more selective and he is responding by being the least efficient offensive player in basketball. He does not play within the offense, and has been terrible all around, even on defense, overall.
The only encouraging thing has been the past few games. When he simply doesn't shoot unless wide open, he is much better. Nobody is to blame for that phenomenon except for Josh himself. And that problem is independent of everything he has bitched about.
And also, he has been the WORST sophomore in the league. Look at his TPA relative to the rest of the class.
You honestly think going from role player to near de facto primary ball handler while being expected to defend the best player as a rookie was declining in difficulty? If last season was in the name of "development" then all he developed was bad habits, because none of the step back jumpers and high shot volume were part of his game at Kansas.
You realize that TPA is primarily influenced by playing time right lol? A bad player who plays a lot is literally always going to have a worse TPA than a worse player that doesn't play at all. Probably not the stat you want to be using.
