Re: Mashburn

["Greg Odegaard" <gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com>]

Here again some scouting reports refer to Mash as a classic tweener.  He
can't and won't bang inside, and with his FG average, he is a career near
40% shooter.  He has proven to most he is not a great shooter.  Regarding
defense, puhlease.  

As I noted on Corliss, unless the braintrust, him being a Kentucky boy and
all, think otherwise, I am on the side of staying away from this classic
tweener, underachiever.  At least Corliss can shoot well at near 50% for
his career close in.

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> From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Mashburn
> Date: Friday, April 03, 1998 10:01 AM
> 
> Ryan Falcone writes:
> >Just what this team needs:  another 'tweener forward who's more
> >comfortable 20 feet from the basket shooting jump shots than playing /
> >defending inside.  Shouldn't obtaining a rebounder be a higher priority
> >than the reunification of Pitino's Kentucky squads (excluding Mercer and
> >Walker, of course)?
> 
> Not sure why you're calling Mashburn a "tweener forward." I thought that
> implied a player that doesn't have the size to be a power forward or the 
> skills to be a small forward, i.e. a power forward in a small forward
body. 
> This doesn't fit Mashburn. 
> 
> I agree that our primary needs are inside but that'll most likely come at
the 
> center spot, not through a small forward.
> 
> Alex