Strengths: Speedy point guard with tremendous heart ... Plays the game with a ton of passion, a great competitor ... Has excellent leadership ability ... Has an extra gear and pushes the ball up the floor extremely fast ... Led the Illini to a big season after Deron Williams moved to the NBA, and showed that he is capable of running the point guard position ... His shooting percetages dipped in his senior year, but he's a prolific scorer ... Both fast and quick, gets a lot of steals by anticipating passes ... Decision making has shown solid improvement ... Worked hard on adding range to his shot ... Solid ball handler, high assist to turnover ratio ...

Weaknesses: Not a natural at PG. Many feel he is more of a shooting guard with point guard size ... Lacks great vision and the ability to set up teammates for easy baskets ... Can be prone to shooting slumps, a streaky shooter, his field goal percentage dipped considerably without a quality point guard (Williams) setting him up ... Lacks great size at 6-0 with shoes on ... Very quick but lacks great length or leaping ability to make up for his lack of height ... Lack of size is likely to cause him trouble on the defensive end of the floor ... Also struggles to make easy passes with defenders collapsing his passing lanes ... Shooting stroke has a bit of a herky jerky release ...