Chalmers nothing more than a role player

The story today made Mario Chalmers sound like a steal. He won a championship after staying for three seasons, a graybeard by college terms, was the most outstanding player in the Final Four and shut down all the top draft picks when the they faced each other last season. What were all the NBA teams missing about him that allowed him to fail to the second round? He would seem to have the pedigree at point guard. Playing at Kansas there wouldn’t be another team in the country that would have played tougher competition and his team took on all comers and won. The thing is he might not be anything more than a role-playing point guard. A defensive presence to put in the game to pressure the ball. His offensive numbers in college weren’t that impressive for someone that was supposed to be a marquis player. He averaged just over 12 points per game and just over four assists. Defensively he did average 2.5 steals per game, which is evidence of his ball pressure. There’s nothing yet to suggest those numbers are going to go up against NBA players. When Chris Paul came into the league he averaged over 16 points and 6.5 assists in college. That is what a starting point guard looks like coming out of college.