RE: Billups as a 2 Guard?

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I would not call 37% from the field and 26%(9-34) from 3 point range a =
blistering pace.  He was really not a great outside shooter at Colorado =
either.

When your center (Knight 41%)is the best 3 point shooter
on your team you have a problem.

Looking at the stats. Walker has taken twice as many shots as anyone on =
the team, and 27% from the 3 point line, and committed almost twice as =
many turnovers as anyone else.


As far as Billups the "he is young give him some time" this is true, but =
this guy is a # 3 pick !  He should be a lot more productive on the =
court then he is. Also "Give him some time" isn't that what everyone has =
said about Barros for the last 3 years ?



On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, John Lyell wrote:

> The only problem is Kevin Johnson can shoot. Billups and Edney can't.=20


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=20
part wasn't it? =20

Give Billups a break here.  After all, he should be entering his Junior=20
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,=20
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=20