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Re[2]: MERCER

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Subject: Re[2]: MERCER
From: dsbubar@mail.hac.com
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 08:40 -0800 (PST)
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     The more I see of Mercer, the more impressed I am with the snow job 
     Pitino put on the rest of the league so he could still pick him up at 
     No. 6.  Then he turns No. 3 into Kenny Anderson. And I would throw 
     away P. Jones quite yet.  If I remember correctly, a few years ago he 
     was pulling down major rebounds in Dallas.  Later.

     daveb

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Subject: Re: MERCER
Author:  kmalo19@idt.net at mime
Date:    2/26/98 9:31 PM

At 09:06 PM 2/26/98 -0500, Dorine wrote:
>I've heard his team mates say that Mercer is a very special player.  I 
>think we're only now beginning to see just how special he is because 
>there's a real point guard running the break and he's getting the ball 
>in the open court.

Absolutely. Also, with Anderson initiating better overall distribution, he's 
simply going to see more of the ball than when all the offense was running 
through Walker.  On the Cs ng I suggested that they should revive the 
nickname 'Silk' for him because he is just SO smooth, but someone else 
suggested a better one -'the assasin'. Quiet and deadly. At the same time, 
it's funny: when you look at the differences in their games and 
personalities between him and Walker -which has had the more memorable 
THUNDEOUS dunks (especially on put-backs)? Mercer. Go figure...

>  He was outstanding last night, no doubt about it.
>I'm also very impressed with him as a person.  His head is on straight. 
>No showmanship for him.  He's all business on the floor.  A real Celtic 
>type player, IMO.

With all the talk about making allowances for Walker, Billups, whomever 
because they're so young, you look at Mercer and just shake your head at the 
allowances that DON'T have to be made, even though he came out early too. 
How many kids come out of college these days with that kind of mature 
understanding of old fashioned fundamentals like running off picks, the 
importance of the trailer and how to do it right, going for the kill rather 
than the flash. Even his defense, which is probably his weakest area right 
now, is pretty good -you don't see or hear that much of him making the 
spectacular play during a game, but more to the point, you don't hear that 
much from the guy he's guarding, either.

-Kim
Kim Malo
kmalo19@idt.net


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