Sheltiedave Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 JJray, Brad pulled Dwayne from being PG for long stretches to conserve energy. Dwayne spent a lot of that energy wearing Ahearn's jersey and picked up some shared belly lint, he was playing Ahearn that tight. In the end, Dwayne HAD to roll over to PG on offense because Tommie was in a massive offensive funk. I think Tommie is beginning to realize it is going to take another 15 pounds of muscle, and a vast improvement in his handle, to make it to the big league. Right now he is not comfortable being the PG in a half court set, or the primary ballhandler in tighter quarters. He played last night like he had a touch of the flu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jjray Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 >>I think Tommie is beginning to realize it is going to take another 15 pounds of muscle, and a vast improvement in his handle, to make it to the big league. Right now he is not comfortable being the PG in a half court set, or the primary ballhandler in tighter quarters. He played last night like he had a touch of the flu.<< Glad to hear he had the flu (meaning there was some excuse for his play). TL definitely needs a better handle to be our primary ball handler. Q: do you move him to wing for now and make DP the primary ball handler for the rest of the season and let TL work on his fundamentals off season or do you let Tommie try to work through it this season at the point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 YOu make DP the primary ball handler. There is way too much potential for success to let him work it out during the season. Let Tommie thrive on the wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltiedave Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 JJ, don't know if he had a malady, but he didn't have the spark he normally has. I'm reallyy glad he had a down game, because he is the quality person where his next game is going to be outstanding. We NEED outstanding against Carolina. We also need to chisel 5 - 10 minutes apiece out of Adam, Obi and maybe even Horace to keep the big ones fresh. Carolina wants to run us bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOStateFan Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Congrats on the win, it was a hard-fought game for sure. Good luck against North Carolina and in your conference schedule. Lets hope we both make the tournament come March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTIME Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 JJ made the frontpage of espn.com, give him a break. Not many guys can say that. Great for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 brian, dont let last night be the judge. that wasnt tommie liddell. imo, if the billikens became a full time up and down the court run like hell team, i think polk with the ball in his hands is fine. but in a half court set, he is not the point guard and cant do what liddell can. liddell was terrible last night. but that wont happen normally. polk was splendid last night. i hope he continues to play as he has been as of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTIME Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 >brian, dont let last night be the judge. that wasnt tommie >liddell. > >imo, if the billikens became a full time up and down the >court run like hell team, i think polk with the ball in his >hands is fine. but in a half court set, he is not the point >guard and cant do what liddell can. > >liddell was terrible last night. but that wont happen >normally. polk was splendid last night. i hope he >continues to play as he has been as of late. As terrible as he was and everyone keeps emphasizing that rebounds and shot attempt were HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Put everything else out of your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 you are 100% correct. it would have been easy for tommie to have sulked off or not be in the play considering the game he had. my guess is that a lesser hearted player wouldnt have been down there yet when lisch went up for the shot. no matter how bad tommie played at the point yesterday, he did not let it affect his defense, his rebounding or his free throw shooting. considering all, that alone is pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I think he is clearly one of the most talented players EVER to play for the Bills. I just think he is better getting alot of time on the wing. He reminds me so much of D Wade. Wade has excelled the most when he is playing the wing. I am not saying that he shouldn't be handling the ball at all, but there is only so much you can ask a player to do. We ask Tommie to do everything. I don't think we have to. I think other parts of his game would even be stronger if he didn't have so much on his plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 We don't really have a primary ballhandler. Some games Dwayne handles the ball more, sometimes its Tommie, sometimes its Kevin. Tommie is the most dynamic player we have in a halfcourt set but it hasn't really translated into assists. Kevin and Dwayne have more assists and a lot fewer turnovers despite playing fewer minutes. As I said in another thread, it really depends on the situation. Against really tough ball pressure Polk has been our most reliable ball handler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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