RE: [Fwd: Delk at PG?]

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

Mercer was only a sophomore last year, and the reason Anderson did not go 
top 10 was because he had 2 knee injuries, 1 at Ohio St. & One at Kentucky.





On Tuesday, January 20, 1998 11:07 AM, Matt Healy 
[SMTP:mhealy@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu] wrote:
>
> >Everyone seems to like and appreciate the play of Ron Mercer.  Last year
> >at Kentucky when Derek Anderson and Ron Mercer were seniors,
> >Anderson was just a little bit better at doing most things than was 
Mercer.
> >Don't get me wrong, Ron Mercer played great, especially after Anderson
> >fell and injured his leg.  Up to that point in the season, Derek 
Anderson
> >was the go to guy, and the team's leader.  Ron Mercer was playing
> >good but just not quite as good as Anderson.  They would both score
> >about the same amount of points, have about the same number of
> >rebounds and assists, but Anderson always just seemed to do something
> >that was just a little bit better than what Mercer did.  When Anderson
> >fell and hurt his leg, everyone at Kentucky thought the season was over
> >and that Kentucky had absolutely no chance to advance in the NCAA
> >Tournament.  That's when Ron Mercer stepped up his game, really
> >excelled, and helped take Kentucky all the way to the NCAA final
> >game, losing in overtime to Arizona.
> >    I know Derek Anderson was a draft risk because of his injury,
> >but he seems to be healed and healthy.  I saw him in limited action
> >against the Lakers last week end and he did a good job both
> >offensively and defensively.  He is the type of player who could
> >learn to play the point quickly and could get things done.
>
> Seems to me, nobody could have known better about the injury risk and the
> relative merits of both Mercer and Anderson, than our own Rick Pitino.
> And, we wouldn't have had to get him instead of Billups.  I think 
Anderson
> was drafted much later.  If we were to take him instead of Billups, we
> could have traded our 3rd pick for multiple first round picks and used 
one
> to take him.  I still think we should give Billups time, though.
>
> Matt
>
>