RE: Pro And College Point Guards I'd Rather Have than Kenny Anderson

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I remember seeing a couple of writers state they did not expect Pitino to keep Anderson after this year.  


On Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:19 PM, jmc@ptc.com [SMTP:jmc@ptc.com] wrote:
> Mister Ghost said:
> > This is my unbiased opinion of course :)  Seriously, I think
> > the C's are going to have to go out and find a replacement.  
> > Anderson appears to have lost a step as he just can't guard
> > anyone.  In a trapping system, he's a liability.  So if
> > he doesn't create easy transitional offense, and is defensively
> > limited, he's obviously in the wrong situation with the
> > Celtics.  While Anderson was an upgrade from Billups, he's
> > obviously not the long term solution.  And here are the PG's:
> 
>   I disagree.  I think he's a great long-term solution, if he can stay 
> healthy.  Yes, the last 3 weeks he's been awful.  Long-term, he'll be more 
> like he was at the end of last season.  I don't think it's correct to 
> conclude that his skills are suddenly permanently gone after he's had
> 10 months sitting around resting his knee, then he's thrown back into
> Pitino-ball with hardly any conditioning.  That would give anyone trouble.
> 
>   I predict he'll be back to his old wonderful self within a month.
> Yes, he'll still be somewhat of a defensive liability, but not so bad 
> that his help to the offense won't more than make up for it. 
> 
> Jon Mc
>