Re: From Jackie MacMullan's SI column

["Michael J. King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>]

At 08:46 3/18/99 , Mister Ghost wrote:
>Jimbo,
>Take a chill pill dude.  Olowokandi has skills, which
>you might have notioced if you actually watched the game.
>Taylor, though he needs to improve on his rebounding
>is one of the better young power forwards in the NBA.
>Rogers also possesses a great deal of talent, and
>Wright is somewhat similar to Jayson Williams.  But
>they're all stuck in the basketball version of
>purgatory, just waiting for the right team to
>liberate them.  With potapenko playing well, obviously
>you probably wouldn't be inclined to deal Walker
>for Olowokandi at the moment, but Mercer for Taylor
>is something I'd consider, and Rogers for Bowen and
>Battie would be a great deal. 
>MG
Everybody is entitled to an opinion and I happen to strongly disagree with
you on this one.As far as the above deals  I must thank the lord that  you
aren't the  C's GM!!! The main thing is that the deadline is over and done
with so the above ain't going to happen anyway. I am certainly no expert at
talent evaluation but I watch more hoops than any normal human being should
be allowed and I know who I like. My liking or not liking a player isn't
scientific or stat specific. I mean a player that scores, rebounds and
hands out assists above the norm is taken very much into consideration but
attitude , demeanor and other intangibles will carry more weight in my
final decision on a player becoming a fave to me. I live in AZ and watch
the left coast games with great regularity and have seen all the Clips
games but 3 and I gotta tell you I am not as impressed with the majority of
the players listed above. My favorite is Taylor but his play has tailed off
the last 8-9 games that I watched and if I were the GM would not give up
Mercer for him straight up. In fact i wouldn't trade Mercer unless someone
made us such an obscenely one sided (In our Favor) deal that I couldn't
afford to ignore. As far as Rogers goes IMO he is as good as he is going to
get  and therefore of no use to us for anyone of value from our current
lineup.  I think the nucleus is pretty good and the addition of VP is only
going to add to the mix and should be afforded the opportunity to grow as a
unit before any more moves are attempted. I also think KA will settle down
and help round the team out and hopefully last nights effort is the start
of his resurgence at the point.. I really see alot of potential in Battie
as he has improved game to game and an off season of bulking up with the
Celts trainer and staff will only make him an invaluable cog to our Team. I
must admit Bowen's play of late has me puzzled as I love his D and overall
tenacity but he has looked just awful. Oh well sorry to prattle on!! Just
my thoughts and YMMV!! Later.Mike