What Exactly Happened To DJ?

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Originally Posted by Toocool

I have no idea on the DJ situation. I'm just hoping he shapes up and puts in hard work over the off-season to come back better.

DJ in college could score and pass. I don't think he's a pure point guard, but he's not a passer either.

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I've seen DJ make some fantastic passes to teammates. He also has a much tighter handle and a better shot. He had a bad year. He can return to his rookie form.

In the 2 games he started this year he averaged 13 points, 8 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals. ALL IN A DOWN YEAR. Well that's only 2 games you say? Let's look at last year when he wasn't playing poorly. In the 11 games he started he averaged 19 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, and 1 steal.

That compares very favorably with the production Ray has given us throughout his career.

D.J will benefit from the team actually having a summer league this year. Maybe there he can find his game again.

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Originally Posted by DY_nasty

This is no typical sophomore slump. He doesn't even resemble the same player that he was last year. He can't shoot, all the fluidity in his game is gone, his confidence is shot, and he's become twice as selfish somehow.

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I disagree with this a little bit. There's no denying that there was a major drop off in DJ's play this season, but I'd say the last 10 games or so of the regular season, he seemed to find his groove and was definitely playing with a lot more confidence. He played at a very high level as a rookie, so he's certainly capable of doing that again. I have confidence that he can get back there.

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Originally Posted by SWedd523

I got word from an outside source that DJ was taking summer classes at Texas instead of practicing and conditioning. Bad in basketball terms but I applaud him getting an education. Hopefully he'll be finished with classes and will be focused on getting better and back to his rookie form.

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Your outside source doesn't know what the hell they are talking about dj went to class for two weeks and because of his work out schedule he had to drop classes it was too much. He left Austin where he was only attending classes twice a week (and driving back to houston on off days to work with his trainer dee) so that couldn't be further from the truth. Two a days at Hightower High school morning weights and shooting evening shooting. I posted a video before the season pull it up.

Then why did he come into camp out of shape and on the heavy side?

What's your take on he had such a subpar season?

Thy makes my source correct? He was taking classes right? Is that not what I said? Come on testicle prostitute, your reading comprehension should be better than that. He didn't have his full attention on basketball and was thinking about his education.

Now go back and read my post again. I support him taking classes and getting an education. I'm also one of the few who support him taking the starting job next year so many you're talking to the wrong person

SWedd...the problem is you're not giving the testicle prostitute the correct amount of "worshipful-awe"...nothing to do with your support for DJ...:p

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Originally Posted by SWedd523

Thy makes my source correct? He was taking classes right? Is that not what I said? Come on testicle prostitute, your reading comprehension should be better than that. He didn't have his full attention on basketball and was thinking about his education.

Now go back and read my post again. I support him taking classes and getting an education. I'm also one of the few who support him taking the starting job next year so many you're talking to the wrong person

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Not to get into your jousting with the OP...but I was curious if you'd seen DJ's playoff numbers (advanced)? If I remember correctly you thought he had a pretty good series.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...augusdj01.html

Even I thought he'd done better than that.

spectre...I checked everyone at NBA the day after...other than Crash they all made me "yawn"...DJ certainly did nothing to stand out...in a positive way...:facepalm:

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Originally Posted by spectre

Not to get into your jousting with the OP...but I was curious if you'd seen DJ's playoff numbers (advanced)? If I remember correctly you thought he had a pretty good series.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...augusdj01.html

Even I thought he'd done better than that.

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Again, second year guy in a huge sophomore slump vs a guy who was having a career year. The disparity in their performance was nowhere near as large as it should have been. Interesting that they have the same DRtg and their win shares are within .2 of eachother.