Re: Billups as a 2 Guard?

[michael t hart <thart@henge1.henge.com>]

I guess you dont relize that Billups was a terrible (.413 frosh and .413
soph) shooter in college.  If he shoots even .425 in the NBA it would be a
large improvement.  Bottom line, Billups is not a good shooter.  The opinion
among the students and town here at CU has been, since draft day, that
Billups was taken far to high in the draft.  I think he is a long shot to be
really good in the NBA, although I hope he succeeds in Boston or
elsewhere.

Cecil Wright wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, John Lyell wrote:
>
> > The only problem is Kevin Johnson can shoot. Billups and Edney can't.
>
> How is it that you can assess already that Billups can't shoot?  I don't
> think shooting is his problem at this stage.  Decision-making maybe.  If
> you think back to last year, Antoine's shooting was awful for the most
> part wasn't it?
>
> Give Billups a break here.  After all, he should be entering his Junior
> year.  All things considered, he's done better than I thought he would.
> If Walker could improve the shooting facet of his game over the summer,
> what makes you think that Billups cannot improve his, or other phases of
> his game such as penetrating and dishing off the break?
>
> Gary Payton struggled in this league his first few years.
>
> Cecil