Gets a plug in the ESPN weekly watch.  Is a Triple Double enough to silence the shot selection critics? He is the best PG in Ohio Bobcat Basketball history!  I swear some people on this board could win a million dollars and be critical of the serial numbers sequence on the bills they were given. 

Mac East POW, and ESPN spotlight - after a week with better shot selection, and lot's of assists. Yes - he is getting better by the week!

I have to admit, I'm a DJ fan! He makes this team go. At the end of the day, we need DJ to do his thing!!!

I think that quote sums things up quite succinctly.

I think DJ's freshman year success and last year's "team letdown" may shadow his overall success. The kid is not only just a shooter, hence the triple-double he just put up. It seems like every game he leads the team in some category whether it be points, steals, rebounds, or assists. Why people bash him on his shooting ability I don't know. Because if he's not shooting the ball well, he's carrying the team in another category. 

I don't believe it's so much his shooting ability most here are critical of as his shot selection.  I agree with JSF.  I think he is a dynamic player who is essential to OUr success and one of my all time favorites.  That being said, there are still times when I throw my hands up in the air and say "why?!" when he launches a 35 footer with 25 seconds still on the shot clock and no big men under the basket.

I get why people think it's nit-picking. The reason why I get on his shot selection and shooting percentage is because he has the most shot attempts on the team by far. Coming into tonight, he has taken 107 shots. Offutt is second with 75. I would be a lot less uneasy with his below-average shooting if he didn't put it up so much.

Not true in DJ's case. He took more shots in his sophomore year and made them at a higher percentage than his freshman year. He's shooting 42% from 2 this year (close to his career numbers) and 22% from 3. He's just not a good three-point shooter, yet he continues to shoot a lot of threes.



PPG and overall points are not good ways to evaluate a player.



There is criticism of other players. Smith tends to play soft. Ivo can't relax out there and isn't going with the flow. It's not an either/or proposition here; we can talk about anyone and everyone. And I don't understand why being good should make you immune. Speaking for myself, I want DJ to be the best player possible. I see a weakness in his game and I point it out. I don't use malicious language or say he's a bad player. Why is this out of bounds?

The ironic thing is this gets blown out of proportion not by the people who make these criticisms but by the people who apparently get upset by them. We get accused of harping on it, but that's because people like the OP bring it up and we defend our positions. If this thread had not been started, nobody would be saying anything right now. DJ played great in Portland. Nobody was unhappy with his performance, yet we're having this conversation again. I didn't start it.

Some of you must be some of the same people that I work with.

Hint:  comments upon a player's weak spot(s) is not necessarily bashing.  It may merely be hoping that a player develops his game, removing the bad stuff and improving his overall play.

It is usually not at all meant as a personal dig.  It's merely recognition that a player has further potential.

Learn to stop thinking that something is a personal criticism and may well be, instead, well-intended advice for improvement.

Why cant we point out flaws? If Cooper was perfect, he wouldnt be here. He still has a great deal of time to continue develop and become even more amazing. Perfect? Wouldnt that be great? Yea, it would. Ill settle for Amazing though.