Re: Van Horn's stock back up

[Kerry Kee <kkee@highground.com>]

Last night on WBZ's (Boston) Sports Final, Bob Lobel the
WBZ sports anchor and Jerry Callahan stated they felt Pitino was
posturing to make VanHorn his 1st choice with the #3 pick.
Bob Ryan felt it's going to be Billups.

Lobel was the first to confirm Pitino as coach / president earlier
so he may be using some inside source although he didn't say
it was definite.


At 08:32 PM 6/20/97 +0100, you wrote:
>
>I don't know if any of you caught it, but around 4:30 on WEEI they had
>Michael Holley of the globe on and he was giving the latest news on the
>draft.  He says that Van Horn's stock is back up to top 3 status due to a
>workout he recently had where he showed that he can shoot off the dribble. 
>(That was one of the major knocks on his game).  Now there's talk that
>Philly may take him at #2, which would leave us with the decision of
>Billups or Battie.  I'd take Battie because we need someone big and there
>will be some good point guards available in future free agent classes and
>drafts.  Then we'd get either Mercer, Billups, or Daniels with the 6th pick
>to go along with Battie, whichever one is left after Vancuver and Denver
>pick.
>
>If Philly takes Battie then it's possible we'd take Van Horn over Billups. 
>I'd take Billups since we just got 2 forwards from Philly, but we could
>take Van Horn as trade bait and pull a deal like Milwaukee did with
>Minnesota last year for Stephon Marbury, where Vancuver takes Billups for
>us and we give them Van Horn for Billups and a pick.  Then if Denver takes
>Daniels at 5 we could get Mercer at 6 and use him as trade bait in a
>similar way and end up with Foyle or Cato to go along with Billups.
>
>what do you think?
>
>Jeff
>
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