Billy Garrett, Jr - DePaul

[DavidBoone2inchesTaller]

You just gotta feel sorry for a guy like him and that DePaul can't get its act together. Exceptional player, student, and person. He deserved better. Players like him is what college basketball is all about. I can think of a few Marquette players over the years like him too.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...110-story.html

http://www.bigeast.com/news/2017/3/8...308174625.aspx

[Nukem2]

Will miss him.

[MUAlphaBangura]

You just gotta feel sorry for a guy like him and that DePaul can't get its act together. Exceptional player, student, and person. He deserved better. Players like him is what college basketball is all about. I can think of a few Marquette players over the years like him too.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...110-story.html

http://www.bigeast.com/news/2017/3/8...308174625.aspx

Don't let Sultan read that. He wouldn't take BG jr over anybody on the Marquette roster!

[TheSultan]

Don't let Sultan read that. He wouldn't take BG jr over anybody on the Marquette roster!

Correct. Hardly an "exceptional player."

But I never saw his AAU recordings so what do I know.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Correct. Hardly an "exceptional player."

But I never saw his AAU recordings so what do I know.

On bad teams, someone will take shots, get rebounds, and get assists. Doing that doesn't make one a good player. Garrett is not a good player. He's the avatar of DePaul ineptitude. The worst "best player" in the league.

[Nukem2]

On bad teams, someone will take shots, get rebounds, and get assists. Doing that doesn't make one a good player. Garrett is not a good player. He's the avatar of DePaul ineptitude. The worst "best player" in the league.

Quite a few here disagree fwiw

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Quite a few here disagree fwiw

Sure, and it's largely because of antiquated stats models and one layup at the Bradley Center. Others disagreeing doesn't change my opinion that Garrett is garbage.

[TheSultan]

Quite a few here disagree fwiw

And they're wrong. Look, he is 44th in the conference in efficiency - tied with Sam Hauser. The only regular Marquette players ranked below that are Heldt and Cheatham. All three of those players are going to get better IMO than Garrett is.

JuJuan Johnson, who everyone (including myself) gets on at times for lack of senior leadership, is a better player than Garrett is. Not even close. Better shooter, more efficient, turns the ball over less...

I can't figure out for the life of me why people think he is a good player. He accumulated a bunch of stats on a crappy team because he has a bunch of crappy teammates.

[IWB]

Will give him credit, as bad as DePaul has been, he could have easily bolted at anytime and stuck with them all four years.

[Phantom Warrior]

Pretty hard to bolt on your dad. But I do think the kid has shown a lot of resilience, especially given his medical situation.