Georgia basketball gets its point guard: Donnell Gresham

Georgia basketball has its point guard. Donnell Gresham leaves Northeastern as a graduate transfer and commits to pass the ball to Anthony Edwards.

As sure as day follows night, Georgia basketball head basketball head coach Tom Crean was going to sign a transfer point guard eligible to play next season. That point guard is Donnell Gresham, a graduate transfer from Northeastern.

Anthony Edwards, the number-two national recruit and possibly second best collegiate player in the country, matriculates in time for next season. With no other serious point guard on the Bulldog roster, the fate of Crean’s Bulldog program is in Gresham’s hands.

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Nightmare scenario averted

The thought of a generational talent like Anthony Edwards on the roster with no reliable point guard to administer the offensive attack was a nightmare scenario. Bulldog fans can now put that worry aside.

Gresham, a St. Paul native, averaged 9.7 points and accounted for 3.2 assists while playing 34 minutes a game last year. Past attendees of Georgia hoop events may not recognize Gresham as a basketball player as he only committed 1.2 turnovers a night and averaged one per game for four years.

Pass the ball to that guy

Gresham, who is now the only Bulldog on the roster to play in the NCAA Tournament, is a throw-back ball-distributing point guard. He took only seven shots per game his last two seasons. That should work out perfect since Georgia basketball fans would like incoming freshman Anthony Edwards to shoot the ball somewhere between 20 and a million times each game.

Gresham shot precious few free throws as well, averaging 2.5 a game last year, so don’t expect Gresham to take his man to the hoop often. Again, that’s perfect – the Dawgs want everyone to stay away from the hoop and leave room for Edwards.

Ignore the doubters

While Gresham led Northeastern to the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship and the NCAA Tournament, the definition of a New York second is the time between Gresham’s announcement and the first message board post about the inferior competition he faced.

A six-foot two-inch fifth year point guard will be just fine, however, even if he comes from Tri-County Community College. Gresham appears to be just what the doctor ordered for the 2020 Georgia basketball team.