Draft Considerations

["Chad Trail" <trai0011@tc.umn.edu>]

Pitino talks of his project for the NBA being Knight and McCarty.  What 
about his college project, Nazr Mohomed?  He is 6'11" and as most who 
follow the cats know, he overweight and out of shape when he came to 
Kentucky and now he is still a strong inside force but also a work horse.  
He is in terrific shape and is precisely the type of center for the Pitino 
system, because he was groomed for the Pitino system.  Nazr's specialty is 
his hands.  He has, probably the best hands for a center in all of college 
basketball.  Nazr Mohamed would be a good fit for the Celtics.

Another problem is the small forward.  Rick says he wants a scorer.  If 
McCarty doesn't develop into that mold, which I think he will, the 99 draft 
will produce another one of Pitino's favorites.  6'9" Scot Padgett, has the 
tools to be a NBA player, and will be Kentucky's go to guy next year.  This 
guy is a gamer and will remind people of Larry.  He was in some academic 
problems in his sophomore year and missed a month of the season.  His first 
game back was Louisville, his home town.  Scot was the hero of the game 
knocking down clutch 3's and scoring 21 points.  He is one year away frome 
stardom and would fill the void at the small forward.