Re: Best shooter in the draft?

["Greg Odegaard" <gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com>]

To clarify, though we might have a 100 different opinions on the matter, I
would like to see a shooter first, defender second, and a pure scorer
third.  (Qualities in that order) I know this muddles the matter greatly,
but in the mold of shooter I am thinking of people like Walt Williams, Dale
Ellis, Kerr, Paxson, maybe a Miller/Rice type, and last but not least, and
he may be available, Rex Chapman.  Scoring comes with the package, in a
sense, but a starter maybe but likely a bench spark to light it up.  

Maybe this best describes Dana Barros.

Thanks for your great responses,
Greg

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> From: jwt2@lehigh.edu
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: Best shooter in the draft?
> Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 11:02 AM
> 
> >Assuming we keep our pick, a big if considering RP's recent posturing,
> >along with the lack of certain depth at the #10 pick, who is the best
> >shooter at the projected 7 spot or lower?  Monter's info/projection on
the
> >ESPN site, might include:
> >
> >Carter - N. Carolina
> >Hughes - Saint Louis
> >Garrity - Notre Dame
> >Wells - Ball State
> >Benjamin - Oregon State
> >
> >
> >My inclination, with the lack of serious talent at the PF/C position, to
go
> >with a SG/SF, best athlete/shooter available.  For size maybe Garrity,
pure
> >shooter Benjamin looks very good.
> >
> >Any draft pros out there want to comment on the shooting abilities of
these
> >or other players in the draft?
> 
> Are you talking about a "shooter", or a "scorer"?  In my opinion there's
a
> definite difference.  Carter has always been a good "scorer", and his
shooting
> has improved tremendously over his three years at UNC.  However, i still
don't
> think he's a great "shooter" yet.  One thing i like about him over the
other
> guys is that having played in the ACC and going to the final 4 twice,
Carter
> has been in some big games, whereas the other's havent been in games
nearly
> the size that Carter has been in.  And also he's obviously the most
athletic
> player in this bunch.  The bottom line is that he won't be around for the
10th
> pick so we don't need to worry too much about it anyway.
> 
> Now that i think about it, there's very few guys who i would consider
great
> shooters in this draft, and the ones that are don't have the other
qualities
> that would make them top 10 picks.  As a pure "shooter", Shammond
Williams is
> absolutely sensational, however he's a guy that we'd be looking at for
our
> second round pick, not our first.
> 
> The problem is that there's not as much of an emphasis for todays players
to
> be good shooters.  College coaches look for athleticism and other skills
> besides shooting, figuring that the players will turn into good shooters
by
> practicing during the season and over the summer.  That's okay if the
player
> spends time at it, but if he doesn't, and then he comes out early, then
the
> burden to teach these guys how to shoot suddenly falls upon the NBA teams
that
> draft them.
> 
> Jeff