Re: FG %....Pathetic ??

[Jim McMaster <mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com>]

In message <199711052110.NAA02174@dlsun660.oracle.com>, Shailendra K. Mishra 
sa
id:
> > From mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com Wed Nov  5 12:27:58 1997
> 
> > > Right now Billups appears to be stinking it out, one thing is clear he ca
> n't 
> > > be 
> > > a starter. He has to come of the bench like he did against the Bulls.
> > >  
> > You are willing to say this after *THREE* *FREAKING* *GAMES*????  What, is 
> he 
> > going to cost the team a division title this season?  A shot at home-court 
> in 
> > the playoffs?  Why not let him go through his growing pains in games that 
> > essentially don't count?
> 
> 
> Remember this is the way Williams, Walker etc were brought into the NBA. Walk
> er 
> was averaging roughly 13-15 min/game, he developed OK. Few performances like 
> this and Billups may lose his confidence.
> 
In Williams' and Walker's cases, you had "better" options to start ahead of 
them...Fox and Radja.  In Billups' case, the only better PG on the team is 
(possibly) Edney.  Certainly Brown, Barros and Bowen are not better.  Billups 
should be fine as he gains more NBA experience.  Let him play.
>  
> > > > Still....let us be patient with RP and the boys.
> > > 
> > > I agree.
> > >
> > You *AGREE*???  Does this not seem a tad contradictory when you allocate 
> > benching a player after three games, and replacing him with someone who has
>  
> > never played the position?
> 
> It is not, because all I am saying Billups should come off the bench. He is n
> ot 
> ready to start..he did well against the Bulls when Pitino brought him off the
>  
> bench.
> 
A huge sample size of one game.  Feh.
>  
> > I hate to see what you would do if you were not being patient!
> 
> I would be cutting off my losses. - Mishra 

How?  Firing Pitino?  Trading everyone who has played badly in two of the 
three games?  Getting a "proven veteran" like Bobby Hurley?

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Jim McMaster
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