Penn State Sports Magazine
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little bit better job of running his team. We need somebody who's going to run the team. If you're not in the right spot, you're not in the right spot. You need to go over here, you need to go over here. Just little stuff that a point guard could do. BWI Is Myreon Jones more in the role of a scoring point guard like Tony? CHAMBERS He is more of a Tony, a D.J. Newbill. He is probably shoot first, pass second. First of all, he came back, which was awesome. It just shows you a lot about the culture we have. He's shooting the ball well, but he has to take better shots and has to also understand he needs to make his teammates better. And I need to come a lit- tle bit closer to him. He needs to come a little bit closer to me. So we're going to meet in the middle. I'm going to let him take a tough shot every now and then, because he makes tough shots. But he's also got to come my way a little bit by getting some more uncontested shots. And make sure you're setting up. Mike's going to need a touch, you've got to un- derstand that in your head. Lamar needs a touch, you need to understand that in your head. He is rangy. His wingspan is unbeliev- able. His closeouts are just fantastic. And he gets a lot of deflections. So come a little bit closer defensively, make some better decisions offensively. But I think he's got a chance to start, I really do. BWI It's a three-point game in a lot of ways now, and Myles Dread is your guy. What has the emphasis been for him from the end of last season to now? CHAMBERS So just keep developing your three. Quicker release, slide three, shot fakes, little things like that. But also, let's evolve your game. Let's come off ball screens, let's make decisions. You're going to garner so much attention. Other than Lamar, you're the next guy who is going to get a lot of attention. So you've got to be able to make decisions. He's got a high IQ. He can read ball screens well, drop it down to Mike or throw it back or take his own shot. He's a really smart kid, so let's work on getting you some free throws, let's work on you being OK with getting to the basket. BWI Can you give us the scouting re- port on Curtis Jones? CHAMBERS He's a very good three- point shooter. Great burst. His first step is just magnificent. He can get up and dunk on you if he needs to. I'm trying to get that out of him to play harder, to play Penn State hard. He's a very good three- point shooter, got a good midrange, pretty good fin- isher. Doesn't avoid contact. I would say he needs to get to the free throw line. And I love rebounding with my guards. I take that from Kyle Lowry, coached him at Vil- lanova. He averaged like six rebounds a game as a sopho- more. It's such a big difference. He's getting a rebound and he's gone. And we have all the speed and athleticism, so let's utilize what we have. BWI You touched on this, but how much do the guards dictate your suc- cess? CHAMBERS I think it's all 15 guys. The consistency that we're going to play with, the determination that we're going to have, the hunger that you need to break into the top half of this league. It's pretty fierce, and you've got to bring that every day in practice, the weight MOVING UP Stevens goes into his final season ranked fifth in school history with 1,660 points and 16th with 660 re- bounds. Photo by Ryan Snyder