This has been a bit of a hot-button issue among fans/ analysts/ etc., so I thought I’d weigh in, regardless of my feelings toward the individual players. Santi Vescovi has been one of my personal favorite Vols since he came in and drilled six 3s in his first ever game against LSU after being in the States for less than a week.
Josiah-Jordan James has been somewhat unfairly held to standards that come with being a 5-star, point guard recruit who was misrepresented as a player from the get go. He’s not a lead guard and never was, despite playing with the ball in his hands and what seemed to be some tertiary initiator skills.