Re: Brevin Knight

[Cecil Wright <nocw1@nsh.library.ns.ca>]

I'm not sure that I agree with the comment that Knight is doing so much 
better than Billups.  His 20 assist game saw Wesley Person lighting it up 
from the outside for 31 pts and Kemp from the inside for 24 pts.  Let's 
not jump on Knight's bandwagon because he had a fine game.  He'll have 
some tough ones too.  Remember also, right now we don't have the outside 
threat to work with like Person.  If the jumpers are falling, those 
assists pile up rapidly.  Our jumpers have not been our saving grace thus 
far I think we all agree to that.  Those of us who beef about Billups 
shooting will notice that Knight has no outside shot at all.  And if 
Billups played an additional 8 minute per game, his stats would be a 
little better.

Cecil

  KNIGHT		BILLUPS		

32.4 	    MPG		24.0	
38-92 	    FGM-A	41-110		
.413	    FG%		.373
0-1	    3PT-A	11-43
.000        3PT%	.256
32-42	    FTM-A	37-45
.762	    FT%		.822
3.3	    RPG		1.8
8.8	    ASP		4.3
38	    STL		21
108	    PTS		130
9.0	    PPG		10.0

On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, John Lyell wrote:

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> Its games like this that make you have to take a look at Billups, and wonder if we selected the wrong person at #3.  With Knight having games like this I guess he won't be going anywhere.  This game was after the stats posted earlier.
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> CLEVELAND -- Rookie Brevin Knight had an NBA season-high 20 assists, Wesley Person scored 31 points and Shawn Kemp added 24 as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Washington Wizards 110-101 Saturday night. 
> Knight, who had 13 points, finished five short of the NBA rookie assist record set by Ernie DiGregorio in 1974 and matched by Nate McMillan in 1987. Knight won a tremendous duel of point guards against Rod Strickland, who had 27 points and 17 assists. 
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