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According this article, for Coach Larry Brown, a point guard is there to serve others; to keep them involved and organized.
If you happen to score some points along the way, that's more a bonus than an objective.

Before Brown's arrival, Raymond Felton had been a part-time point guard, sharing the position first with Brevin Knight and then with Jeff McInnis.
“To be honest with you, it was really hard to assess him initially because at first we didn't have a lot of help for him. He was our primary ball-handler on the break and the half-court, and one of the few players on our team who could break anybody down.”

Sometimes, Felton shoots too much or throws the ball away or forgets to get a teammate enough shots. But Brown gets it about Felton's intentions.The statistics aren't dramatically different; his points (13.7 per game), assists (6.8) and shooting percentage (40.8 percent) are roughly the same as last season.

But point guards aren't easily defined by numbers; it's a position that is more about making hundreds of decisions each game in real time.

“The pace of the game is so fast and you have to recognize so many things,” Bobcats assistant coach Phil Ford said. “It would be like an NFL quarterback being responsible not just for the offense but the defense as well.

I just think with maturity, and him feeling comfortable, he's having a fantastic year. We couldn't be happier with how he's progressed.”Felton had to prove he was a good decision-maker. When it comes time to make those hundreds of choices each game, there's a balance to be struck between technique and psychology.

“There are 20 things going through your head in any one possession,” Felton said.
“A shot's missed, there's an offensive rebound. New shot clock. You see someone open. Do you pass it or not? “You don't want your teammate (thinking) ‘He won't pass me the ball!' But you also don't want coach yelling at you because he's thinking, ‘We haven't scored in a while and we have a new shot clock. Yes, he's open, but run a play to get a better shot.'”“The leader of your team has got to be either a guy who can be an All-Star or the point guard,” Felton said. “Without the ball in my hands, I wasn't the leader. Having that ball in my hands at clutch time, to make a play, that gives me the confidence that I can lead these guys."Brown loves that Felton is more conscious of those calculations.“Is he a perfect point guard right now? No, but I think his progress has been dramatic,” Brown said. “He's got to continue to recognize when guys haven't been involved, when they need to get a shot. He's got to be a more consistent jump-shooter, to make people guard him honest.“But he loves to play. And he wants to learn.”On words “he loves to play”:“His effort is unparalleled,” Felton's temmate Sean May said. “You know how Kobe (Bryant) lives to play the game? He loves and lives this game. The money is great, but if they didn't pay a dime, he'd still play it and still play just as hard.”

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