RE: Team Philosophy

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

On Sunday, April 18, 1999 7:10 PM, KK [SMTP:Kestutis.Kveraga@Dartmouth.EDU] wrote:
> Warwick wrote:
> 
> > At the moment our best version of this type of player is quite probably
> > Vitaly Potapenko and at 6'10" I honestly believe that he is an inch or
> > two too short to be this type of player, he does however have the bulk
> 
> He's not too short - he's the same height as Mourning & Olajuwon. His main
> problem is his lack of leaping ability and, possibly, relatively short arms.
> Not to get into Pitinospeak, but I seriously think that, if they could
> increase his leap by 6 inches in the offseason (IMO, realistic through a
> combination of losing of a few extra lb. and specific weight training), he'd
> increase his rebounding average by 2-3 reb./game. So many times I've seen him
> in a good reb. position, going up for the ball with players his height or
> shorter, and just not being able to reach the ball by a couple of inches while
> the other guy snatches it. Heck, he might even score a few more points. 
> 
> Maybe he can try those sneakers with the big weights upfront like they had on an old Seinfeld episode !!!
> 
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