I hope so! Gaffneys improvement is critical to our success. RJ’s efficiency on the season needs to come up for sure, but I think if you go back and look at his scoring and ATO vs Gaff you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Thinking about it some more and I'm sure the stats back you up. Cole's ability to shoot when he gets his feet set makes Cole statistically a better scorer.
Cole kinda fails the eye test for me at times. In particular when he drives into the paint. He's gets so little lift when he jumps. All his contested shots look pretty bad. At times Cole looks like someone who isn't a major conference athlete.
Conversely, Gaff sometimes passes the eye test. When Gaff plays well he makes some really nice drives to the hoop. Looks athletic.
So Gaff's sporadic athletic ability may be tricking me.... and others. Statistically Cole is winning.
Edit: I apologize for adding some Cole criticism to the Cole appreciation thread. Sorta bad form on my part. Cole played great today. He did a lot of what he does well today. He avoided doing everything he does poorly.