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My post said nothing about a May/Vanhoose comparsion. I qouted college stats for May, not high school. Having said that, How many NAIA players are D1 scholarship athletes that leave and go the NAIA route so they can be "the man" ? Point being, I'm sure May was in most cases doubled teamed, leaving a man open, (if you're averaging 29 shots a ballgame they aren't all good ones) So to answer your question, If I were coaching I would want the best shot, not the one my best player could take with 2 or 3 guys on him. And in response to your "not everyone can control who they play with" statement. Mr. May had 2 opportunities to do that. Maybe he felt like he wouldn't get a chance to chuck 30 shots a game at UK or Wake.

First off, not all of my post was directed at you, only the part about what defines a "team player". The rest was in keeping with the general discussion here comparing May and VanHoose.

However, your post is not exactly correct. First, I'm pretty sure you nor I know the exact reasons why May left UK or Wake Forest, so to purport that it was to be "the man" is pure conjecture on your part.

Second, I watched numerous Pikeville College games in which Mr. May played, and no, he wasn't double- or triple-teamed every time down the court. He made a good percentage of his shots, and most of them were good looks for him. Maybe not good shots for everyone, but they were for him. I'm pretty sure that if he was hurting the team by taking bad shots, then he would've found a seat on the bench.

Once again, I say that a team player does what is best to help his team win. And scoring a lot of points helped his Virgie and Pikeville College teams win a lot of games. So he does fit the definition of a "team player".