It can often be tricky to lump together an entire unit of a team into categories. At any one time, players are at different points in their careers or having different levels of success in a given season.
Calculating the area of improvement for a team's starting lineup is thus an activity that necessitates picking and choosing.
Obviously freshman Justin Jackson has not improved upon anything since last season. He was not yet on the team.
It is arguable that Marcus Paige has not improved upon anything, at least statistically, this season simply because of how good he was a year ago.
Then there's Kennedy Meeks, the UNC big man who started off so well this year but has plateaued as the season has progressed. There is nothing wrong with that, but he has failed to technically improve on his earlier production.
Or take J.P. Tokoto, a player who seemingly vacillates game to game from being unstoppable to stopping himself. Of course, he is an overall better player than he was as a sophomore.
A similar argument can be made about Brice Johnson, the team's final starter. He infuriates fans as much as he delights them.
So it only makes sense to take this topic one player at a time and address it in a case-by-case basis.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1yPlhPe
via IFTTT January 28, 2015 at 07:11PM
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