Re: Stay away from Koul and other prospects.

[Ken Kokubo <kkokubo@pobox.harvard.edu>]

Is Kettner really 6-11? I thought he was way shorter. He will be
interesting to watch develop. He was the only reason I really watched any
UMass games last year.

Koul makes Acie "double nickles" Earl look like Tim Hardaway. He's big, he
strong, but he NEVER EVER EVER moves his feet, if he did learn, it would
look like he had ankle weights on, he's so slow.

 At 10:53 AM -0400 9/10/97, Geoffrey L Duwors wrote:
>Posey is a great talent, but I think that we have to go big with our draft
>picks over the next couple of years. Koul isn't the answer, but I think
>that another A-10 big man might be. I attend UMass-Amherst, but I'm
>writing this without bias as a Celtic fan. The big guy's name is Lari
>Ketner. He struggled early last year, but he really turned it on down the
>stretch and was the main reason the Minutemen made the tourney last year.
>Ketner is 6'11" and weighs around 265-270. He can bang with any big man in
>the NBA, but he also has remarkable quickness and shot-blocking ability.
>I'm sure he spent the summer working on his post moves and jumper, so
>expect great things from him this year and in years to come (hopefully
>with the C's). Last year was only his first year of college ball (he had
>to sit out his freshman year), but in high school he virtually shut down
>Rasheed Wallace when they went head to head.