Re: Early trouble in Pitino's place

[Matt Healy <mhealy@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>]

>I wrote that about Billups, also adding that while it's not necessary to be a
>great athlete to succeed in the NBA, it helps. It is true that Mark
>Jackson has
>done well without much athletic talent (as have Hornacek, Mullin, Oakley et
>al.), but we'd like our #3 pick to have a bit more than a "significant NBA
>career". We're talking MJ, Grant Hill, Penny draft territory here, mind you,
>not late second round.

First of all, lets remember that "without much athletic talent" has got to
be meant strictly relatively in this case.  All those guys mentioned are
fantastic athletes, but maybe not so exceptional as the typical All-Star
NBA player.  Second, some drafts are weaker than others.  Nobody else gets
MJ at #3.  I think we may see that we got a huge steal with Walker at #5
(or was it 6?).

Matt