This St. John's team looks terrible without Boothe in the game for more than a few minutes at a time. Does anyone remember the Providence game? A bunch of guys that can handle the ball does not equal a point guard. It is the most fundamental aspect of the game: getting the ball up the court.
I love DJ. He's been my favorite player for going on three seasons. I think we need to have a very healthy dose of DJ attacking the basket out of half court sets in order to really flourish this coming season. However, we need a PG in the game at all times. Whether it is Boothe or Stith, I don't want to see us go more than 2-3 minutes at a time without a true PG in there.
I love the way DJ can isolate and get to the baseline when he's one on one. He has tremendous vision when get gets a step on his man to the baseline and he is exceptional at finding shooters that have their feet set. His handle is way too lose to be asked to handle the point full time, though.