Raymond Felton critical of the UNC basketball program's point guard play

"We need a point guard."

When speaking about the current state of the UNC basketball program on the most recent episode of the "Run Your Race Podcast," hosted by fellow former Tar Heel Theo Pinson, Raymond Felton had this to say on the team's point guard play.

"We need two bigs. We need a point guard, too. I like the kid (Elliot Cadeau) as a kid. He's a good kid. We need a point guard. He's got a lot to learn, shall I say. A lot of the decisions he makes going to the basket. He plays a lot of bully ball, but he's not a bully. He tries to go to the basket and run people over."

Felton goes on to discuss some moments that stood out to him while watching Cadeau play, including his crucial turnover against Pittsburgh down the stretch. With a two-point lead, Felton spoke about how Cadeau's pass, at the feet of his big man under the basket, wasn't a smart decision, as he also cites the issue of not having a strong big man to haul in that pass.

As Felton put it, Sean May would have hauled in that pass, not the current Tar Heels bigs.

Justin Jackson went onto add that Cadeau was responsible for five of North Carolina's 9 early turnovers in the first half against rival Duke. In a game of that magnitude, every error can come back to haunt you, as the sloppiness definitely put the Tar Heels in a hole that they weren't capable of digging out of.

Felton knows a thing or two about succeeding as a point guard at the University of North Carolina. The former Tar Heel won the Bob Cousy Award in 2005 and helped guide the UNC basketball program to a national championship, eventually becoming a first round pick in the NBA Draft.

Of course, Felton wasn't just blaming Cadeau (noting the clear need for a true big man), but he certainly believes there's plenty of room for improvement for the Tar Heels sophomore point guard. With the margin of error so thin for this team, the UNC basketball program can't afford for Cadeau, who has shown flashes of being an elite facilitator, to make sloppy decisions with the basketball.

Felton, a proven winner in Chapel Hill, was speaking from experience. There's nothing personal to it: the former players are starting to get frustrated with this team's play (and rightly so).