Found December 05, 2011 on The Sports Bank: Yardbarker Blogger Network
I believe the best compliment you can ever give a point guard is “excellent distributor.” I asked Ohio State “1″ Aaron Craft what he thought of the term at Big Ten media day. “I’ll take any kind words I can get,” he responded. Craft has had the benefit of playing with a marquee player in Jared Sullinger; giving him a strong force to work the ball inside to. “Playing with a guy like Jared, and a guy like Evan Turner (NBA overall #2 pick in 2010) in the summer, makes us better. It’s a lot more fun and you always now what you’re going to get. I think it’s safe to say Craft is coming into his own now. His karaoke singing may be horrendous (as you can see in this video), but his basketball acumen is off the charts. The Buckeyes lacked a true point last year. Enter Craft, a great distributing guard, who stepped into a starting role by showing the ability to feed the studs around him. A high school valedictorian, he’s heady playe...
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