Traditional narrative would have it that “Iowa State needs someone who can just go get a bucket in crunch time.” This philosophy narrows offensive options and allows defenses to key in on one player. If guy can just make a play and get a bucket whenever he wants, why wouldn’t you just do that every time down the floor? Or every other time at least?
That is not how basketball works. I’ve said this before, but unless you have a transcendent talent, you can’t just have a player score when they want to. You can run sets to put your best player in an advantageous position to play to his strengths on the offensive end, but if the defense takes that option away, then what?