Re: Billups as a 2 Guard?

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

He was essentially a shooting guard in college.  Point guard is the new position
for him. ;-)

Cecil Wright wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, michael t hart wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Well that definitely means that he could never make it as a SHOOTING
> GUARD, right?  If his fg % is that terrible, he should never have gotten
> drafted in the first place, am I correct?
>
> That means that Shaq must be one of the greatest shooters ever because
> his fg % is so high, right?  C'mon and get real everyone!  If you judge
> these guys solely by statistics, there are many great players who would
> have never played a minute in the NBA.  O'Neal shoots 50% from the line,
> so does that mean that he can't help his team in other areas?  Damon
> Stoudamire is not a great rebounder or defender but I see there are some
> on the list who are not opposed to seeing him land in Boston.
>
> Stats are terribly deceiving, especially in the case of a rookie pg who
> has barely played 10 games in the league.  THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!
>
> Cecil