Last season, he had 90 assists and 117 turnovers. This season, he has 107 assists and 86 turnovers. He's come from being a scorer, which is what he was when I got here, to a basketball player. His assists to turnover ration is a positive, he's guarding people, he's getting better at running the point. No one has gotten more teasing than Layne about his defense.
Most great scorers have their commitment to defense thrown back in their face.
It's something they have to learn. Before college, Layne always was told to shoot, shoot, shoot. When you have a shooter like Layne, you want him to shoot. He always was given the green light to shoot, shoot, shoot. In high school, he finished his career with 2,640 points at Wheeler High School in Marietta, which broke Abdur-Rahim's school record.