Too late for Antoine?

[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

There's been some discussion of whether it is "too late" for Antoine
to develop into a superstar; that is, if he was going to be a superstar,
wouldn't he have shown it by now? 

One example of a current superstar who wasn't immediately an impact
player was Gary Payton, who only averaged 7.2 and 9.4 ppg in his first
two years. 

If you look at Antoine's career stats, 19.6 ppg and 9.2 rpg, over less
than three full seasons, it's not like he's definitely proven that he
doesn't have what it takes. He just hasn't done it over the beginning
of this season (for the most part) and almost all of last year's short
season. 

Anyways, there's still hope for Antoine to become a top player, but
he has to decide that he's willing to pay the price, in terms of 
"sacrificing" his offseasons to work on his game and on his body.

Alex