Walton, Albrecht still battling for starting point guard spot

MichFan4Life

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[link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/derrick-walton-2/]Derrick Walton[/link] or [link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/spike-albrecht-2/]Spike Albrecht[/link], who will replace Trey Burke? That’s been the question throughout the offseason in Ann Arbor and with Michigan’s first exhibition game just days away, John Beilein isn’t ready to call the race quite yet.
 
“I’ll wait a couple more days [to name a starter at point guard],” Beilein explained. “But between Derrick or Spike, I guarantee one of them will be at point guard. But it’s very different than everybody knowing that Trey was going to be at point two straight years. But we’ll play with that a little bit and see who is best coming off the bench. You know the deal with me, sometimes the guy coming off the bench may be the better fit for the team..”
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MichFan4Life

[link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/derrick-walton-2/]Derrick Walton[/link] or [link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/spike-albrecht-2/]Spike Albrecht[/link], who will replace Trey Burke? That’s been the question throughout the offseason in Ann Arbor and with Michigan’s first exhibition game just days away, John Beilein isn’t ready to call the race quite yet.
 
“I’ll wait a couple more days [to name a starter at point guard],” Beilein explained. “But between Derrick or Spike, I guarantee one of them will be at point guard. But it’s very different than everybody knowing that Trey was going to be at point two straight years. But we’ll play with that a little bit and see who is best coming off the bench. You know the deal with me, sometimes the guy coming off the bench may be the better fit for the team..”

 
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MichFan4Life

Walton’s style of play could be the perfect fit for this Michigan team which has a bevy of talented scoring options in [link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/glenn-robinson-iii-2/]Glenn Robinson III[/link], [link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/mitch-mcgary-2/]Mitch McGary[/link], [link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/nik-stauskas]Nik Stauskas[/link], [link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/caris-levert-2/]Caris LeVert[/link] and [link=http://www.umhoops.com/players/zak-irvin-2/]Zak Irvin[/link]. The Wolverines don’t need Walton to dominate the basketball as a scoring option as Trey Burke did, they just need him to run the show.

I disagree with this part of the article to degree. Unless someone else on the roster has improved by leaps and bounds, Michigan has no point that has shown the ability to create their own shot or penetrate and kick to open teammates. For the last 4 years we have gotten that out of the PG position. GRIII has supposedly improved his ball handling but he's never really displayed a slashers mentality, same goes for Stauskas and LeVert. Almost all of McGary's points came off being setup by Trey Burke or cleaning up garbage around the glass. I can count on one hand the number of times I saw McGary create his own shot and score on the low block.

ScottsdaleBlue

I'm willing to guess that Spike gets the early nod but Walton will eventually take over at PG.

Go Blue!!

MichFan4Life

ScottsdaleBlue wrote:

I'm willing to guess that Spike gets the early nod but Walton will eventually take over at PG.

Go Blue!!

If the past in any indication you are correct. Morris and Burke sat early even though they were clearly better. It worked out in both cases so can't knock Belien for his approach of bringing guys along more slowly than we fans may like. We all want to see Walton and know he's the future, until we see him there's really no way of knowing what kind of impact he`ll have on this team.