Re: McDonald's All Stars

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

At 09:23 PM 5/14/99 +0200, j.hironaka@unesco.org wrote:
>Yesterday evening I watched a video of a game involving a pair of guards
>who just might be available to the Celtics at pick #37 (the Texan
>defensive guard Chris Clack and Beaver Country Day School's own Wayne
>Turner). 
>
>Oh yeah, back to the subject. So anyway, I came away justifiably
>impressed with Wayne Turner's renowned fearlessness and calm in big
>games (there was a record crowd watching the game in St Louis).
>Surprisingly, he was referred to by the announcers as a "scoring guard"
>from Massachusetts and showed he had no problem attacking the basket to
>knock in that less-than-pretty jumper of his. 

I kept an eye on Wayne Turner at the Nike Desert Classic held at Arizona
State here in Tempe ( 2 Blocks from my casa) and I gotta tell you he really
didn't impress me. Now I must also say that I liked his play in college and
I saw every game of Kentuckys that was televised this past season. I was
much more impressed with  Chris Herrens play and I must admit some
prejudice as Chris went to Durfee High in Fall River my High Schools (New
Bedford High) arch rivals  and I have followed his up and down career.
Still he truly stood out and considering he played with a fractured hand
makes his play even more impressive. As Joe stated Chris Clack is the real
deal as well and his versatility would be a plus as he can play equally
well as a shooting guard or small forward . He is a fearless defensive
standout as well. I read somewhere that in college he played against bigger
players at the Power Forward position and quicker guards and still stood
out. The few times that I saw him play last season he looked pretty darn
good. I was actually keying on Chris Mihm's play but Clack was good enough
that I ended up keying on him instead!!  Check his stats at:
http://www.big12sports.com/teams/bkm/99stats/Ut.htm#TEAM.IND
Lee Nailon also looked good as did Xaviers Posey. N.Arizonas Casey Frank
was solid and could be a sleeper. Just a few observations.Later.Mike