BYU basketball: Rating the Cougars NBA Jam style
LJ Rose
| Height | 6’3″ | Weight | 200 |
| Speed | 6 | Block | 4 |
| Power | 5 | Pass | 8 |
| 3PT | 5 | Clutch | 5 |
| Steal | 6 | FT% | .839 |
| Dunk | 2 | Beard | 9 |
L.J. started the year seeming like a stop-gap to cover the Cougars’ lack of experienced while waiting for Bryant to get healthy. But as time has gone on, he seems more and more firmly entrenched as the starting point guard. Rose is a pass first, ball-security, run-our-stuff kind of point guard that has given this young BYU basketball team much-needed steadiness.
He has unfortunately been a bit more turnover-prone in big games (especially against USC), but his shooting numbers from 3-point land have improved of late. He nearly shot the Cougars into a victory against Illinois, upping his clutch stat in the process.
L.J.’s play style may lack flash, but nobody can argue with his beard game.