He should model his game after Calderon.

We should be so lucky to have a peak Jose Calderon that is also an elite defender. 🙂

Even if he’s not as good a spot up 3 point shooter or assist man as Calderon, if he makes up for with better rebounding and adds in elite defense, that’s a terrific player. We can get more play making elsewhere. We are a work in progress.

1. Frank can defend. He may eventually be able to defend at a very high level.

2. He can pass and make plays. Even if he never becomes an elite play maker PG, he can definitely contribute to the efficiency of other players when he has the ball.

3. He rebounds at about an average rate for a guard. I personally think with his length he will eventually do better than that once he gets stronger.

4. The problem is he’s a black hole as a scorer. He doesn’t have the skills to create and score enough and whatever little he does score is very inefficient.

But for discussion’s sake, let’s say he can get to average as a scorer. By that I mean he’s either a little more efficient than average on lower than average volume or he gets better at both. Then what we are potentially looking at is an elite defender, above average rebounder, solid play maker, and average scoring guard.

If that player is on our team, we should be happy. Personally, I think he’s going to be better than that. We can worry about filling out a team with Frank, KP, Bridges (or whoever) as the core pieces later. When we know what we need, we’ll add it.

The Knicks hope to “innovate” player development under Craig Robinson, building a collaborative program akin to Nike or Google.
“If you look at how things are done around the league, no one is actually trying to do this the way we’re trying to do it.”

That quote doesn’t fill me with optimism, but the Westies have really been excellent this season. They’ve put at least 5 guys in the NBA

PG has some shot creation responsibilities but you don’t necessarily need them to be the main facilitator if you have others in your lineup who are also capable… They just have traditionally been because the smallest guys on the court are usually the best ball handlers….

There are no hard rules, but a true PG runs the offense, regardless of his height. It’s a simple as that.
Nash, Stockton, Magic Johnson, Chris Paul.

In reality, Lebron James is a PG, but because he guards forwards, he’s labeled a Point Forward.

“Shoot first PG” is an oxymoron. Not real PG’s (Derrick Rose, Iverson).

We’ll know for sure when he comes back next season.

We absolutely will not.

If Frank doesn’t come back next season with an improved “approach” to how the PG position is played, it’s unlikely he’ll suddenly understand the position. This aside from getting stronger and refining his game piece by piece.