Because of roster construct, so much falls on his tiny shoulders. He plays almost every minute. Ball rarely leaves his hand because we don’t have other capabilities. A spot up shooter that can’t defend. A big who is slow to make moves and can’t rebound. A raw big that can jump. A couple other decent shooters. So many players that can do one thing semi-well but weak everywhere else. So he gets a ton of responsibility.
DJ on a team with three other capable, double or triple threat scorers would be a great player.
So I don’t blame him. Not when he’s asked to do everything to keep them in games.
Yeah but that’s the problem, DJ is getting an NIL deal that supposedly makes him the program savior. Part of me wonders, especially now if we had additional nil funds or been able to use whatever is alloted to DTJ on 2-3 other capable starters instead would we be better off?
The verdicts in and he’s not a program savior, he’s not a Kobe or Jordan that can strap this team on his back. It sucks to say honestly but that’s a fact and we can say the team around him sucks but let’s not pretend DJ didn’t have any say in any of these guys coming.
He’s a good point guard that does the little things right and has a high IQ but this team is always around .500 the last two years. I’ve said it before but the first year of CKK had the best roster and chemistry of all four years. Ever since it’s been all down hill since because he had a great staff that first year and they all bolted afterwards.
I understand this criticism may ruffle feathers but this conference is mediocre and the fact unlv is hovering around .500 is pathetic. There should be a complete housecleaning in a little over a month, roster should be completely cleaned out. We need a new culture and new voice. CKK failed to deliver what he promised on day one if you go back and watch his intro presser.
