Mathias is on the floor. Smart kid that makes good decisions, great passer and can keep the defense honest with his ability to shoot the 3. If he gains confidence in his shooting ability, AJ and DM could be a great inside/outside threat.
This team is much better when....
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His defense has been fine. Our best offensive PG and best defensive PG are not the same person this year but Mathias' D has been fine. He has decent length and really good lateral movement. But his decision making and passing is light years a head of Hill and Thompson. Mathias should be in at PG at least 50% of the time going forward. Giving up a bit on D to get into a better flow on offense is the way to go imo.
I could be wrong but I don't see DM getting extended minutes at PG this year. If he gets more pt it will be at the expense of Stephens or Cline, unless one of our PG duo get in foul trouble.
I agree. If you watch him when he is out there (pretty early into is second year) he is starting to anticipate where the offensive player wants to go and he is now moving over to stop the drive. does not sound like much but for a guard it's huge and mask any athleticism shortcomings.
Its an interesting debate point for us Boiler fans. I am of the mind set that sacrificing a little bit of defense for a better offensive flow is the way too go. Especially this year due to the talent we have on the back end to erase a lot of perimeter defensive mistakes.
If PJ or Hill were even a step or two better on offense then what they are now, I would not have a problem. But I was at the Vandy game and constantly saw our offense stall and turn to crap in part b/c PJ and Hill let the ball constantly stick in their hands. PJ especially looked like he was nervous to make a mistake instead of attacking.
In that same game, I saw us get into a good rhythm when Mathias was passing/feeding the post and being a little aggressive in looking for his shot.
As I said above, I would give around 20 mins a game to Mathias at the point. Don't want him to get tired but his shooting and decision making need to be there A LOT more than it has been.
It seems like Dakota is being subbed in for Caleb. Kind of an interesting split of minutes and very telling of the type of roster we have this year.
That's the beauty of our team, he doesn't have to stay in front of him. Let him try to shoot over AJ, Haas or Swanigan if he gets to the rim.
