RE: C's at the All-Star Break

[Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>]

How about the way Chancey looked in the rookie All-Star game?  Those were
some nifty passes he threw!

Vinny



At 06:42 PM 2/7/98 -0800, John Lyell wrote:
>On Saturday, February 07, 1998 6:41 PM, Cecil Wright 
>[SMTP:nocw1@nsh.library.ns.ca] wrote:
>> Amid the constant backdrop of trade discussions and unhappiness at player 
>> performances, and at the risk of being redundant, I want to say how much
>> enjoyment I have gotten from watching our team play thus far.  Sure I too 
>> get frustrated when, for example, Chauncey makes a bad pass, but these
>> are the elements which rookies must learn before ascending to another
>> level.  I heard Antonio Daniels commenting today on how tough the
>> adjustment has been for him to the pro game.  This coming from a man who
>> has previously played the same position in college.  He said that he has
>> relied on the advice of more mature players on his team, especially Lee
>> Mayberry who he competed against for playing time.  Though I do not feel
>> that Billups and Mercer have the luxury of learning from teammates who
>> are that much more mature they themselves, I think they've done well thus 
>> far.
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>I agree Chauncy's play has improved,  when you compare him to the top 2 
>picks you see a major dropoff at 3, and guys taken lower like Brevin 
>Knight, Cedric Henderson & Alvin Williams playing comparable.  Remember 
>there was a lot of discussion at draft time about moving one of the picks 
>to Cleveland for their 2 picks.  Would we be better with Knight & Anderson, 
>or Cato ?  That's debatable.
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