jbk1234 wrote:Stillwater wrote:jbk1234 wrote:
Don't get it twisted, Sexton still isn't a *good* defender. He's no longer an IT like liability on that end of the floor. That's important for the future of his career and he was right to put the work in. But, he's never going to be a guy who is locking the other player up. He's never going to be a player who is difficult to shoot over. Also, with most of his misses, turnovers, and/or blocked shots coming at or near the rim, he's always going to be out of play in transition scenarios.
That's pretty narrow g...he easily can become a lockdown defender esp at the 1 where you and most think he will never be good enough at due to limitations as a creator for teammates. Problem with that is he doesn't need to be a creator for others right now and so trying to create for others when they don't execute is on them. I see a far more capable floor general long term but am also fine with him keeping the ball and getting it done himself. The more he gets his chops in the better he will get and these negative opinions imo are way too soon. I guess you would have preferred a more NBA ready player, but not being one is more in line with the rebuild timeline and he has the mental fortitude to ignore the hate during that process of struggling.
You keep saying this like he has 10 assist opportunities a night and there are 8 misses. That's not, at all, what's happening. I could get into why I think Sexton will always be the guy who averages fewer assists than a normal starting PG, but the truth is that right now, he's not even looking for them until it's clear that he can't get a clean shot up. At that point, it's usually too late. I think that reality coupled with the dearth of three point attempts and conversions makes it really difficult to see how he's going to be a plus starter.
It sure doesn't look to me like Collin is seeing the floor, but to be fair, we don't actually know what the coaching staff is telling him to do out there. Rumors are that Tristan was yelling at the Coach about Collin's shot selection and last year, vets were griping that he didn't know how to play the game ... so it's certainly not hard to draw conclusions; but if he was told "to be the wolf" like Clarkson was - it wouldn't be all that surprising that he's emulating his "play style".