Antoine's height

[kjgoo <kjgoo@worldnet.att.net>]

aquaman wrote:  

> 
> can anybody tell me REALLY how tall and how big antoine walker is.  when i saw him on t.v. this year he looked to be 6-7, 220lbs... but you 
can't really tell by t.v..  all i know is that he doesn't look that big 
or big enough to play the 4 in this league... am i wrong? (which is 
totally possible!)

At last year's predraft camps, Antoine was measured at 6'8-3/4" in bare 
feet.  Considering how well he plays underneath, I'd say he can play the 
4 -- he's got a good 2 inches and 10-15 pounds on Rodman.


> in addition, if antoine ends up as a 3 what does everybody think about
> rasheed wallace?  he's a f.a. next year and i thought he was a punk but
> he seems to have been out of trouble for a while... even if he plays with
> portland.  i saw a lot of tnt games with him and he's GOOD.



Since neither Garnett (despite being a true 7') and McDyess are true 
centers and Stackhouse and Smith are 'tweeners, Wallace is the one class 
of 1995 player I'd consider shelling out the megabucks for.  Even so, I 
think the whole 1998 free agent bonanza is overblown and a lot of teams 
will be paying the price for it in the long run.  Just look at what the 
Knicks did last year, blowing $80 million on Childs and Houston.  The 
key isn't getting the first or the most free agents, it's getting the 
RIGHT free agents.  We now have a promising nucleus of three guys in 
their early 20s, plus a bona fide scorer in Eric Williams.  For now we 
need some guys to play physical post defense, crash the boards and 
provide enough of an inside presence to open things up for Billups, 
Mercer and Walker.  Suddenly things are looking a bit more like they did 
just before Russell arrived and just before the Parish-McHale 
blockbuster.  Let's be patient.

Michael Gooen