If there's anything that Lou likes, it's PT. He knows he's not going to outplay Andre at the 2 spot, so that leaves him to chase Miller out of the starting job at point. As it is, he gets most of the duties in the 2nd and 4th quarters, running as a shooting guard with minor ball-handling responsibilities.
Based on potential, he should be ranked higher than Davis or Calderone. He would be heading into his Junior season in College this year, so he is quite young and still developing his skills. It is clear that he has extraordinary talent to have contributed as much as he has already.
The Sixers of the past few years were not a team that could have been run very well, by a point anyway. No inside targets to pass to, uneven shooters on the wings... And then you expect a rookie to magically turn into Magic Johnson or Steve Nash and push the team to a new level with his passing.
Andre Miller didn't have too many 10 assist games last season. The team wasn't amenable to that style of play. The Sixer formula was high-pressure defense and rebounding, and fast-break offense. Their half-court offense was never a strength, and even though they made improvement last season, it was never good enough to chase a team like Detroit out of the playoffs. Everyone knew the Sixers couldn't shoot from outside with a high enough percentage, and it's outside shooters hitting open shots that gives point guards easy assists.
This season, with a real go-to man in the middle (Brand), a shot-blocking center (Dalembert), two very fast athletic wing man, (Igoudala & Young) a point should have ample opportunities to both run a fast-break and run a half-court offense with very high efficiency.
Whether it's Miller or Williams running the point, the team should be much improved in the half-court, which could easily translate into more than 10 wins improvement over last season. The Sixers filled their two glaring weak spots by adding Brand. Now they have a real post up presence in the middle, and one of the most athletic twos in the game. A 60 win season isn't out of the question, and neither is a deep run in the playoffs, past the second round.
What is clear is that Williams is by no means a finished product. If other teams had more cap room, they might have taken a run at Lou. It is very fortunate for the Sixers that they aren't getting raided by other teams. Getting Igoudala and Williams without much competition for their services is a huge break for the team.
We won't know how good Williams will be yet. He seems to have all the physical skills to be a superb point guard. Another year of working on his handle and his passing and finishing and they'll be talking about Lou along with CP3 and Deron Williams.
