The-Power wrote:I don't understand all this on-ball/off-ball focus with Ivey. He's a player who can create on the ball and play off the ball. He did both effectively on a team with a clogged up paint in college. He's neither a PG to run your offense, nor someone you want off the ball all the time. He's a CG who creates for himself and others on the ball, and will find ways to contribute off the ball. That's it.
it's a focus because
1) he's not a great facilitator
2) he's not a great shooter
so yea, he is a combo guard but not because he's a both a great playmaker and off-ball player/shooter, he's a combo guard because he doesn't do either at a particularly great level. that's the difference.
that's why i feel like Detroit is a great spot for him, because he's going to be slotted next to a great playmaker in Cade, and great shoot in Bey, and he'll get to do what he does best, which is run and pressure the rim and then extrapolate his game from there.
from a personnel standpoint it's the absolute best fit for him from the teams picking in that range.
