Re: Painful

[rottie@webquest.com]

What the hell is going on here?  People are talking about next years draft
and were only on our fifth game of the season.    

At 04:26 PM 11/6/97 -0500, Matt Healy wrote:
>>In no particular order......
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>>1. Mike Bibby (underclassmen) PG - Arizona
>>2. Raef LaFrentz PF - Kansas
>>3. Miles Simon SG - Arizona
>>4. Keion Clark C - UNLV
>>5. Paul Pierce (underclassmen) SF - Kansas
>>6. Antawn Jamison (underclassmen) SF - North Carolina
>>7. Tim Young (underclassmen) C - Stanford
>>8. Vince Carter (underclassmen) SG - North Carolina
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>>Out of this, who would we want? Looking at our team, it seems we don't
>>have any
>>glaring holes in our starting line up. Unless you consider Billups a bust
>>already after 4 (!!) games. (If you are one of those, you have no patience)
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>Personally, I really like Pierce, and do not especially love Jamison,
>although he is a fine college player.  Jamison really does not have much of
>a shot, but he has excellent rebounding tenacity.  He is not big enough to
>dominate in the NBA, and cannot shoot well enough at all.  Maybe he will
>progress, though.  Pierce I have liked all along.  I think he's got the
>skills.  The others, we'll have to wait on.  Seems to me Arizona players
>are riding a bit high do to their excellent performance in the tournament.
>Regardless, last year was the year to win the lottery, and we were lined up
>to do it.  It doesn't hurt as much as the 1986 draft, but it hurt.
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>Matt
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