His court vision (or awareness) is horrible - for a guard - it's one of his major problems. He plays (played) with tunnel vision and only sees what he's focused on. He's also often behind the play and the ball stalls a bit as he catches up to the rest of the players. Which speaks more to his court awareness lacking. As does the telegraphed passes.Yeah too bad he won't have improved one bit since last year.
OK, do get why one might "not be sold" on DG, just can't help but credit him wth potentially turning the corner. Not an irrational reach given his pure athleticism and speed, his ceiling in that respect at least hard to match. Maybe the IU Player I most want to be wowed by this Season. Doesn't mean it'll happen, but if his decision-making catches up to his vision and innate talent it'd be something to see.
Have to expect Romeo is going to make everyone around him better if only because of the constant threat he poses, see Juwan and Justin in effect anchoring the middle, and a lot of early rotation in the other two spots. Just so many ways to go, so many ways it could. Pretty sure the performance bar for practice/scrimmage is going to be a lot higher this year, promising just in itself.
Similarly looking forward to games with single-digit TOs.
He just hasn't been a very smart player. Durham's problems were easily fixable, they were physical. Teaching someone "brains" isn't.
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