mobrien
Masters Student
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Loc: New York
Reg: 04-18-17
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03-26-19 02:55 PM - Post#282804
In response to SRP
Harvard fan here. Very much agree that Kirkwood is more of a natural point than Aiken. The way I'd put it is that Kirkwood passes as a first resort, while Aiken mostly does it as a last resort. In other words, Aiken will get some pretty nice assists, but they're kick-outs or dump-offs when the defense has collapsed on his drives and he can't get a shot up himself. Kirkwood will attack with the intention to pass all along.
In that regard, Kirkwood might be the perfect player to pair with Aiken: a big point guard who allows us to play Aiken at the two without giving up any mismatches on the defensive end. The question, as you say, is whether Aiken would be willing to play that much off the ball.
Maybe the way to sell it is Kirkwood as the point for the first 20 seconds when we're moving the ball and looking for easy looks, and Aiken at the point for the last 10 seconds when we go to a pick and roll as a last resort. (I wish our offense had more looks than that, but that's generally the way we do things).
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