J-Money's true position is Point-Forward.

[fishwater99]

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080423/SPORTS030102/804230333/1079

"He would also lose a versatile, strong and athletic player who primarily played point guard last season but often played at power forward in 2006-07, when State made a run to the NIT semifinals using a four-guard lineup. Gordon is a rare point forward, giving State the option to play him down low within its system. Post-Gordon, State will likely revert to a more traditional point guard. Signee Dee Bost fits the bill, as does junior-to-be Barry Stewart, who has played on the wing for much of his first two seasons in Starkville."</p>
I am glad someone else agrees that we have not had a true point guard in Jamont and that he is really a forward...

I am sure some smart-*** will say that he will play point guard in the NBA too ...
That is not going to happen...

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

that Jamont was not a prototypical point guard? Who has ever said he was? If this is supposed to be some swipe at Stans because he didn't play him at "point-forward" whatever the <17> that is, get over it. He was our best option at PG.</p>

 

[mstateglfr]

fishwater99 wrote:
I am glad someone else agrees that we have not had a true point guard in Jamont and that he is really a forward...

I am sure some smart-*** will say that he will play point guard in the NBA too ...
That is not going to happen...

who has ever said Jamont is a true PG? i dont think i have ever heard anyone say that...ever.
he clearly isnt a 'true' PG. the guy is a combo guard. or a point forward. or whatever else you want to label him as. but he has never been a true PG.

damn, you really arent smart. you continue to point out something that nobody disagrees with. we all get it, he isnt a true PG.

whats funny is that in the very same article you use to prove this obsessive point of yours, it says that Bost and Stewart fit the bill of the 'true' PG. and thats just as inaccurate as claiming Jamont is a true PG.
Bost was a scoring guard in high school, and was the same in prep school. he was a shooter and scorer. some Marshall U signee ran the point at his prep school.
and Stewart is damn near the last guard on our team that i would ever call a 'true' PG. did you see him this season? unimpressive ball handling, unimpressive passing, and the guy is a shooter(not a good one at that, at least last season).

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[dogfan96]

but if he's going to play in the NBA, that's where it will be. He's not a good enough scorer to play the 2. He's not big enough to play SF or PF. Nobody short of Charles Barkley can play PF at that size and JG is no Barkley.

 

[Uncle Leo]

What next? Our baseball team is bad?

 

[SanfordRJones]

...he will point out that he is a douche ...since it's common knowledge and all.

 

[fishwater99]

<span class="post-title">What is your point?

My point is that Jamont has been playing out of position at MSU.
He is a power forward, not a point guard, and Jamont talked Stans into letting him play the point so that he could go to the NBA.
Stans in turn did not recruit a point guard so he had to play Jamont there...

I have been saying this for two years now and it is nice to see it in print, even if it is the Clarion Liar....</span>

 

[Temple of the Dawg]

of making the same damn point endlessly; a point that no one has ever disputed. I'm sure you will argue that many have raved about him as a PG on this board and you would only be partially right. What people have pointed out to you repeatedly was that he was a very good PG at the college level. No one has ever said that he was a natural PG or that he would be a lottery pick or 1st round pick by the NBA as a PG. However, you have never let facts get in the way of your mindless rants before so I don't really expect that to change now.

 

[Temple of the Dawg]

and twist it & embellish it to make it say what you want it to say.

What the Clarion Ledger actually said:</p>

He would also lose a versatile, strong and athletic player who primarily played point guard last season but often played at power forward in 2006-07, when State made a run to the NIT semifinals using a four-guard lineup.</p>

Gordon is a rare point forward, giving State the option to play him down low within its system.</p>

What you blew it up into:

Jamont talked Stans into letting him play the point so that he could go to the NBA.

Now then, please explain how Jamont talked Stans into letting him play PG as a committed recruit before he ever got to Starkville. In reality, what happened was our true PG, Monta Ellis jumped on us and Stans did not have a good back-up plan apparently. During Gordon's freshman season, he was the best option to run the point, so Stans moved him there for the betterment of the TEAM. Also, if I remember correctly, it was Stans that was advocating the PG position as Gordon's best possible route to the NBA (which in reality it was since he is too short to play either F position in the NBA and not consistent enough a scorer to play the 2). As it turns out, he didn't develop enough to play the 1 either, but it was his best shot. Now then, Stans also recruited the Delk sisters, one of which was supposed to be able to play the 1 & Ben was supposed to be able to play the 1 as well. Neither of those panned out, so Rick was forced into keeping Jamont as the primary PG. Now, blame can be placed on Rick for not busting his *** harder to find better PG prospects than the Delkianna & Bennie, but not for not recruiting a PG.

Again, don't let facts get in the way of your unending, repetitive, mindless babbling.