. . . I love TK for what he brings, and he's just a freshman, but he doesn't seem to get his teammates involved all that well. I even noticed many possessions with Gavin bringing the ball up the floor and initiating some semblance of offense while TK was on the floor. Conscious decision by Saul to send a message that the PG needs to distribute? Maybe. Maybe it was nothing.
I've notice the same thing. TK seems like our best offensive threat, especially in driving to the basket. If he doesn't make the basket he very frequently gets fouled. If he could learn to make the basket and get fouled, he might start to remind me of Bill Whaley (reference only really old guys will get). However, he doesn't distribute well. He's no DJ in that category. I think ultimately he won't be a point guard but a shooting guard, but this year he's had to try to be a little of everything. I agree that at times Block has been our best point guard. That's weird, but it's the way I've seen it at times. We have a real mess on our hands this year. I'm usually an optimist, but I don't see this year ending well. I'm optimist for next year, if he we can get Carter back and get the rest of the returning team healthy, including BVP.
I'm actually more concerned with TK's propensity for turnovers more than his lack of assists, and there is a major difference in that.
He just has an aggressive style of play and always looks for the cutting edge to make an impact. For better or worse, he's had some expected freshmen year mistakes. Some of the stuff he can clean up with better decision making for sure.
But TK's ability to get to the rim will eventually open up things for his teammates and hopefully learning in this "trial by fire" year that we've had, in the future it's going to be a lot easier for him. I don't think we're ever going to see him with eye-popping assist numbers. But what he can do is make his teammates better by cutting down on the TOs and making the extra pass, or the pass that leads to the assist.