RE: Draft

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

Corey went to high school in my home town and is thew best to come out of 
here since Reggie Miller.  Corey is an awesome talent with skills very 
reminiscent of Kobe Bryant and was actually rated the 3rd best player high 
school player in the country behind Bryant 2 years ago.  I would love to 
see us ad him at the 2 spot & move Mercer to the 3 .  Ron has not shown he 
has the range on the jumper yet.  Having Ron, Corey and Antoine would be 3 
extremely athletic players to combat Eddie Jones., Bryant, and Shaq of the 
Lakers.  I would love to move Minor or someone and steal Jeff Sheppard in 
the mid to late first or early second.  This guy shoots of screens as good 
as anyone and could be another Rex Chapman and give us another 3 point 
threat besides Dana so we don't need Antoine, Walter & Travis launching 
away which opens up the inside game.




On Thursday, April 09, 1998 9:59 AM, Gene Kirkpatrick 
[SMTP:gkir@tjc.tyler.cc.tx.us] wrote:
> I saw that Corey Benjamin of Oregon (State?) and the hot frosh from St.
> Louis were coming out.  They both look like pretty good small forward
> types.  Anybody know about them?
>
> Also, since Billups did not turn out to be our type of point guard, I 
would
> compare Jeff Sheppard (KY) favorably with Chauncey as 2 guards.  At
> 6'3", Jeff is faster, plays much taller, jumps small buildings, and 
shoots
> well.  Perhaps CB has better defensive skills, but I thought it an
> interesting comparison since Sheppard is not rated in the top 15 or so.
>
> Gene  (I will admit to cheering for the Bucks recently)