Re: Kemp/Baker/Brandon trade

[tl18@cornell.edu]

You are putting a lot of pressure on Pitino.  

On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Jeremy S. Warren wrote:

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> On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 tl18@cornell.edu wrote:
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> > Why does everyone think that Knight isn't going to be any good.  
> > Personally I think he will be a great center.  He showed it in LA.
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> I'm not saying Knight will be terrible.  Actually I think he'll be the
> best offensive center we've had since Robert Parish.  But on defense he'll
> be a major liability at center.  He's seven feet tall and only weighs 230
> lbs.  The average starting center weighs about 270-280 lbs.  There's no
> way he'll be able to defend most of them.  As for L.A., he didn't play
> center.  He played power forward.  Even when Shaq was hurt, he started but
> Elden Campbell guarded opposing centers.  And the thing is, Travis has
> enough mobility to play PF.  That's where he should get the majority of
> his minutes.  Then (if we hadn't signed Mills to a mega cap eating
> contract) Antoine could have played SF.
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> The way things are now, both Antoine and Travis will have trouble
> defending their counterparts one on one.  And too many double teams will
> leave our opponents with wide open jumpers.  Praise Raef LaFrenz all
> you want, but he's not worth another season like last year.  To have any
> chance at winning a championship under Pitino's coaching (ie during the
> next six years), it is imperative that we make the playoffs by next
> season (98-99).  And it would be nice if we could make them this season as
> well, but I doubt we will.
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> Hope everyone is enjoying my pessimism,
> Jeremy
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