RE: No to players who don't have offense...

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

That is what this team needs is defense & outside scoring.  Matador defense 
like Knight's & McCartys is not going to cut it.  If we keep Walker, Mercer 
& Pierce & Anderson is healthy, Stewert would be a great fit on D & 
rebounding. We do not need much scoring out of him.  To get Mcdyess he 
would have to give up Walker which could be an even swap.

On Thursday, June 25, 1998 3:27 AM, Jaime Castillo, Jr. 
[SMTP:jaims@philonline.com] wrote:
> As Pitino stressed, the team doesn't need anymore of a "i can only 
defend"
> type of a player.  What the team needs now are scoring and scoring and
> scoring...and also with lots of DEFENSE on the side!
>
> I don't see a Michael Stewart, Nazr Mohamed, Mike Doleac, and the likes
> being hunted by the Celts in the future.
>
> Maybe a more possibility is a Dave Robinson or a Pippen.
>
> We shouldn't add on to our limited offense situation anymore.  That we
> should be concentrating on getting a complete player not a one 
dimensional
> (either offense only type or a defense only type) player.
>
> Michael Stewart...one dimensional ---defense only
> Geiger...one dimensional ---- offense only
> Nazr ....also one dimensional ---defense only
> Doleac... limited defense and offense...both
>
> Lastly, I guess the reason why Pitino didn't or wouldn't push for a deal 
for
> Mcdyess is that he's really not a big scorer.  He's an erratic scorer 
that
> he could score 20 points but grabs only 2 or 3 boards in one game or vice
> versa.  He's not a complete package if you would compare him to a Pippen,
> Robinson, or a Malone.
>
> WHAT WE NEED IS A COMPLETE PACKAGE... sad to say, I don't know if we'll 
ever
> get one for this season!!!
>