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PG Duane Washington Jr. (3rd Team All-B1G, 1st Team All-B1G Tourney, Partizan)

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as mentioned a few times, washington is partly why i'm not too concerned about getting a point guard for 2020. carton, walker, and washington make me confident about our point play going into the 2020 season.

while duane probably won't turn out to be a true point guard, he's confident with the ball in his hands and is good at setting up passes, especially for a freshman whose narrow role was expected to be perimeter shooting. i don't think anyone else on this team makes moves with the explicit goal to create not just a passing lane but also to pull defenders from his target. as @buckeyeintn noted, washington plays with his head up. he's always surveying. his progress is going to be fun to watch.
 
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brodybuck21 said:
excited to see what kind of leap he makes his soph year. alot to like
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foreseeing that washington will make a healthy leap. his body (or endurance, really) wasn't right last year, and he often played like he was thinking too much, which is to be expected for most freshmen. it's going to be fun to watch the tandem of washington and muhammad as the 2-guards. my guess is that there will be lots of interchangeability between any two of walker, carton, washington, and muhammad.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
foreseeing that washington will make a healthy leap. his body (or endurance, really) wasn't right last year, and he often played like he was thinking too much, which is to be expected for most freshmen. it's going to be fun to watch the tandem of washington and muhammad as the 2-guards. my guess is that there will be lots of interchangeability between any two of walker, carton, washington, and muhammad.
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man id love to be a fly on the wall for the practices this fall
 
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Duane Washington Jr. also endured an inconsistent freshman season.

He didn’t have quite the sudden drop-off in production that Muhammad did, but the combo guard didn’t turn into the microwave, off-the-bench scorer he was billed as out of high school. In a 17-game stretch from Dec. 5 to Feb. 20, he cracked double digits just once, scoring 10 points in a loss to Michigan State.

“As a competitor, as a hard worker, I obviously wanted to play better or do better,” Washington said. “Freshman year was a big learning experience.”
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Muhammad said last season’s slump shaped him for a better sophomore season. Similarly, Washington has his eyes on a second-year leap, which also could happen with a step up in his offensive efficiency.

Of Washington’s 246 shots as a freshman, 54.5 percent of them came from 3-point range, which was a larger portion than any player other than Ahrens. However, his 3-point percentage of 30.6 ranked just eighth-best on the team.

“For me, I feel like I definitely got better decision making, slowing down, being more patient with my decisions and understanding time and situation,” Washington said. “Shot selection is another thing. Just knowing what coach wants, what we're trying to do, whether it's this scheme or that scheme.”
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On the defensive end, Washington believes he has “gotten a lot better.” Throughout his freshman season, Holtmann continually referenced that part of his game as one that needed improvement.

“That was one of my weaker points last year,” Washington said. “In the weight room with coach (Quadrian Banks), working on my vertical and lateral quickness, picking my feet up, moving, staying in front of my guy. So I definitely feel like I've gotten better on that end as well.”
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more about Washington and Muhammad at https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...er-muhammad-duane-washington-jr-at-ohio-state
 
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