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TheSportsGuy. said 03/21, 06:54 PM
I'm only making one change.

PG- Jerryd Bayless

TheSportsGuy. said 03/21, 07:46 PM
Those weren't all big games. Oklahoma, UCONN, and G'town were all beat byover 10 points and they even lost to Tennessee. USC was the only game that was close and the only stat worth noting in thet game was his 10 rebounds. Most of Rose's work comes in C-USA, which gives Memphis no challenge. He plays with an overall solid team which crushes almost all of the competition. Bayless on the other hand, is the leader on a team that plays UCLA, Stanford, Washington State, Arizona State, and USC on a regular basis. He was still able to lead his team to an NCAA tourney bid despite a pretty difficult schedule. They were also playing without coach Lute Olsen, who left at the beginning of the season.

It doesn't matter that Rose's team is still in the tourney. They played an easy schedule and got a 1 seed. It will be interesting to see how long the last in a more competitive environment.

Also, Bayless is a much better shooter than Rose. While his FG% is a litlle worse (about .1), his .410 3-point percentage is easily better than Rose's .337. He has also maintained this despite taking about 50 more 3-pointers than Rose. Also, he is even a far better FT shooter (.839 to .696).

TheSportsGuy. said 03/22, 04:05 PM
Yes, but Rose has a good supporting cast. He has a great scorer in Chris Douglas-Roberts and Dorsey and Dozier are a good inside presence. As easily the best player on the team, Bayless was able to lead his team to an NCAA tournament bid. They would be nowhere without him. In the four games he missed, they lost 3 (the only win came against Oregon State, who as we know is one of the worst teams in the nation) each by a pretty big margin(13,10, 5). And of those games, only one was ranked in the top 25(Memphis). With Bayless they were a far better basketball team. He was their leader as the point guard of the team.

Also, Bayless was more consistent. Rose had many games against not very good opponents. While Memphis won all of these games, it was still apparent that Rose was not making quite the same contributions as in other games. He had 11 games with under 10 points, and 9 games where his turnovers outnumbered his assists. Bayless put up better numbers on a more consistent basis.

Overall, Bayless was a better point guard. He was a far better scorer. Derrick Rose only outnumbered in in assists by .5 pergame. Bayless was also able to lead a bad team to the dance.