I'm hardly a basketball affictionado....but I could tell Kyle Singler wasn't a center and I can tell that today Frank Jackson isn't a point guard. Hopefully he can become somewhat steady there....because right now he's undersized to be just a shooting guard in the NBA.[/QUOTE]
This was my exact thought and frustration when he stayed in the draft. He and his dad felt like Duvals presence on the team as the primary PG, hindered Franks development. But to this point frank isn't a point guard, he's just not. Nothing he did this year screamed I'm a point guard or even suggested it. What he is, is an extremely talented and athletic guard who perhaps eventually could turn himself into a solid combo guard. I hope that happens. But this myth that we would have played better with him all year at the point is just that, it's not actually based on a whole lot of fact- the staff played to Franks strengths which are his ability to score and create offense for himself, get into the lane and get to the rim. Knock down open shots and take guys one on one: For a freshman, he was very good at that and got better. As are most freshmen guards who play a lot of minutes he also had some turnover problems and often got himself into foul trouble and made head scratching plays, that's ok though because he's still learning.
I felt next year next to Duval not only would that accentuate his talents, highlight his game and athleticism but would also allow him to play a decent amount of lead guard minutes as well- a similar situation as Jason and Chris Duhon when they played together. They had other ideas and that's their prerogative and we'll never know how it would have turned out. I thought they would have been a dynamite backcourt along with Grayson and Trent, and he could have gone lottery potentially.
This was my exact thought and frustration when he stayed in the draft. He and his dad felt like Duvals presence on the team as the primary PG, hindered Franks development. But to this point frank isn't a point guard, he's just not. Nothing he did this year screamed I'm a point guard or even suggested it. What he is, is an extremely talented and athletic guard who perhaps eventually could turn himself into a solid combo guard. I hope that happens. But this myth that we would have played better with him all year at the point is just that, it's not actually based on a whole lot of fact- the staff played to Franks strengths which are his ability to score and create offense for himself, get into the lane and get to the rim. Knock down open shots and take guys one on one: For a freshman, he was very good at that and got better. As are most freshmen guards who play a lot of minutes he also had some turnover problems and often got himself into foul trouble and made head scratching plays, that's ok though because he's still learning.
I felt next year next to Duval not only would that accentuate his talents, highlight his game and athleticism but would also allow him to play a decent amount of lead guard minutes as well- a similar situation as Jason and Chris Duhon when they played together. They had other ideas and that's their prerogative and we'll never know how it would have turned out. I thought they would have been a dynamite backcourt along with Grayson and Trent, and he could have gone lottery potentially.