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Re: McDonough: C's To Walker: Play Well, Create Value, Then We'll Trade You
Well, I only got to see him play against Brian Grant and Rasheed Wallace in
one of the tapes. He was overmatched in the sense that Dunleavy outcoached
Denver's coach. Dunleavy must have instructed Brian and Sheed to high post
Fortson and try to drive to the basket fronting the rim and that left
Mcdyess alone underneath without help on the boards. To which Sabonis and
Cato lorded it over there against Mcdyess. Physically, Fortson matched his
counterparts thru boxing out and bodying up underneath. I think he still
scored a double double (pts/rbs). He is not a smooth post up player...as
he gets his scoring thru put backs and hustle plays underneath. If you
guys are wondering if he could be the main low post offense then all of you
are wrong. He's got the potential but not a consistent scorer inside if
there are tall centers and bruising power forwards to play against. What I
can say is he'll score underneath every now and then but not the type that
teams would worry about to double team him. And lastly, one thing is for
sure...he is the healthy Popeye Jones we were looking for to give us
terrific rebounding strength and consistency at that area.
Everybody should be happy with this acquisition as he filled up a definite
need... Rebounding and inside the paint toughness...and much better FT
shooting than AW!!!
Gregory Hurst wrote:
> How did he match up against Karl Malone and Brian grant?
>
> Greg
> gh18@juno.com
>
> >His play is identical to Gary Trent. He's so deceptive (obviously in
> >height) as opponents always downplays his overall speed too. this guy
> >can
> >body up on bigger players but i doubt if the same could be done with
> >eastern
> >big men. all the games i saw him play he at least got 12 rebounds.
> >this
> >guy is underrated and he likes it like that. well, he can definitely
> >shoot
> >inside and stretch it out to 18 footers at the most (but why do we
> >need him
> >to shoot that far?) most importantly he shot very well on the field
> >and of
> >course on the FT at least from all the games that i saw him play(at
> >least 10
> >games in tapes)
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Gregory Hurst <gh18@juno.com>
> >To: <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
> >Cc: <Georgek27@aol.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
> >Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 4:09 AM
> >Subject: Re: McDonough: C's To Walker: Play Well, Create Value, Then
> >We'll
> >Trade You
> >
> >
> >> Josh,
> >>
> >> I can not remember having the opportunity to see Forston play in the
> >NBA.
> >> Can you tell me how does he play and what other player in te league
> >has
> >> a similar style? Thanks, in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >> Greg
> >> gh18@juno.com
> >>
> >> On Sat, 14 Aug 1999 15:18:04 -0700 (PDT) Josh Ozersky
> >> <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com> writes:
> >> >Fuckin' A.
> >> >
> >> >I don't know what's got into you people! We need more
> >> >guys on this team like Danny Fortson, not less. And
> >> >that pick could be our ticket to our next great
> >> >player. Please.
> >> >
> >> >--- Georgek27@aol.com wrote:
> >> >> In a message dated 8/14/99 2:19:05 PM Eastern
> >> >> Daylight Time,
> >> >> shailendra_mishra@yahoo.com writes:
> >> >>
> >> >> << I would rather trade Danny Fortson and the pick
> >> >> to Seattle for Vin
> >> >> Baker. >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Not me. l rather have a guy out there who busts his
> >> >> butt rather than one who
> >> >> expands it.
> >> >>
> >> >> George
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
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