Re: A few of my favorite rumors.

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Paul,

You're nuts.  I'm beginning to think that you're turning into the
Warren Bell of our group, a bile-filled naysayer who lives to shock. 
Pierce a marginal talent? Well, Mr. Larry Bird thinks otherwise,
having singled out Pierce as a sophomore for special praise.  I don't
see Magic Johnson going around talking about Mike Bibby's greatness
either.   As for Olowakandi, Pete Newell disagrees with you, as does
almost every major scout and general manager in the league.  Who did
Robert Parish play at Centenary?  Or Dennis Johnson at Pepperdine?  As
for Mike Bibby, how could anyone on earth compare him with Jason Kidd?
 Bibby is a competent enough passer, and may even be a playmaker, but
he's not a great point guard by any stretch of the imagination, and
he's no Walter Davis from the floor, either.  Comparing him to Marbury
is even more ridiculous.  Stephon is a born point guard.  Bibby's best
features are proletarian:  he's hard nosed, tough, a hard worker,
fundamentally sound.  And he's got some speed.  I wonder if Olowokandi
going to Turkey could queer the Miami deal.

Josh





---damekmo@teleport.com wrote:
>
> From a recent post:
> 
> >Rumor mill says: Olowokandi considering $7 million offer to play
> >in Turkey.
> >Rumor mill says: Michael Jordan says Bibby is Jason Kidd with a
> >jump shot.
> 
> What have the Clippers done to deserve this?
> 
> My record on this stuff is....well.....I've said before I thought Ed
> O'Bannon was a can't miss star in the NBA and still think that
Pierce is
> going to be a marginal talent, so.....I never got the Clippers pick of
> Olowakandi over Bibby. After watching Kidd and Bibby play a ton of
games in
> college...I agree with the above concerning Bibby. Olowakandi played
> against nobody. I could be totally wrong but I'm going to guess that
the
> speed of NBA play and the defensive pressure/physical play by
athletes his
> size are going to make Olowadandi resemble a deer staring into the
> headlights of an oncoming truck. Bibby is (God help him) a can't
miss star
> point guard. He's obviously not going to rebound like Kidd, so
perhaps it
> would be more appropriate to say, at the moment, he's Marbury with a
better
> jump shot. After Payton's gone it'll be Bibby and Iverson as the best
> points in the league.
> 
> >Rumor mill says: Chances better than 50-50 that coach John
> >Calipari leaves after one more season.
> 
> The sun just came out! What a wonderful day!
> 
> Paul M.
> 
> 
> 

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