Re: Fortson

[Gregory Hurst <gh18@juno.com>]

Forston was listed at 6 "4" when was drafted.  However, in college he was
listed at 6 "7".


Greg
gh18@juno.com
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:53:29 EDT Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> writes:
>> It's the projected roster for next year.  It includes a Ron Mercer 
>trade.
>> I'm not sure if Fortson is tall enough (I think only 6'7" for a PF) 
>but is
>> he really that good.  Can he do well under Pitino?
>
>I proposed a Fortson and Keon Clark for Mercer trade a while back and
>got a similar response about Fortson being a tweener. Does anyone 
>actually
>have evidence that he gets abused on the defensive end because he is
>short, i.e. has anyone actually seen him play? I'm very suspicious of 
>the "measuring tape" method of player evaluation. You can have two 
>players, 
>one which measures 6'7" but has long arms and a short neck, and one 
>which 
>measures 6'9" but has short arms and a giraffe neck. How does having 
>that 
>long neck help in basketball? You don't grab rebounds or block shots 
>with 
>your head. Beyond all that, how about Charles Barkley, who has been
>destroying taller power forwards for a long time.
>
>Fortson's 4.2 offensive rebounds per game in only 28.3 minutes is an
>amazing figure to me, especially since he was playing as an undersized
>center. And in April, he got 15.2 ppg and 13.5 rpg in 33.6 mpg. If it
>is actually the case that he can adequately defend power forwards, I'd
>love to see this guy added (and it actually makes sense for Denver 
>too).
>
>Alex
>

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