Wasn't Pullen considered a score first PG in high school who had a pretty good jump shot? I remember him shooting much better last year as well and being able to create offense by breaking down the defense and driving to the basket. I don't see him do that hardly at all this year. Now he's in a slump and people are like he is what he is..sucked all along. gmafb
He was a score first PG in high school, but the kid has a love of shooting three pointers, and that's not his game. Especially since they moved the arc back.
He does a really nice job of scoring inside the perimter, but he doesn't seem too concerned with doing that. He'd rather chuck up a three with a hand in his face.
Why isn't he creating/penetrating this year like last year where he proved to be a threat by driving and creating? My problem is we've seen him do this stuff in the past with success so saying he just all the sudden sucks isn't a good explanation.
I didn't say he sucks all of a sudden. He's just playing a role that he shouldn't be playing.
Last year, everyone said that Clemente could be the point and Jake should be the SG. I never believed that. I thought it should be the other way around. Jake doesn't have the oustide shot to be a scoring guard. He needs to take the ball inside because he's really not that bad in traffic. Also, he does a good job of finishing and initiating contact and getting to the line.
If Pullen started taking the ball inside more, and he tried slashing more than shooting, he'd help us out by making the other team accumulate more fouls, and he's not a bad free throw shooter, so his point totals will increase.
But after listening to him talk on and on about haning out with Dee Brown, and the other guys from Proviso East, my thoughts are that he doesn't want to do that. He wants to be Dee Brown. He wants to be a scoring point guard that shoots a crap ton of threes. So, it's hard for me to say if it's him making the bad decsions, or if it's Frank telling him to make those decisions.
