Bob Bass on The Draft

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Bass is Charlotte's GM.
                                           Charlotte Journal - May 16, 1999                           
                
                                           Q: How deep is this draft, how good is it, and
                                           what kind of player will be there at No. 13 if it
                                           plays out that you draft 13th?

                                           A: The draft is mostly ones, twos and threes.
                                           There's not many big guys to speak of, probably
                                           McCulloch at Washington or Eschmeyer at
                                           Northwestern, unless some more underclassmen come
                                           out that we're not aware of. If you draft by
                                           position, you may not get as good a player as you
                                           could if you draft the best player. I think we'll
                                           just have to wait and take a hard look at that and
                                           see how we go. Our team right now has got a lot of
                                           guys that play the two-three positions, and we
                                           want to keep three point guards, so there's a good
                                           possibility we'll draft a point guard. There are
                                           some point guards in the draft. Andre Miller,
                                           Steve Francis, William Avery, Jason Terry. That's
                                           four guys right there that are pretty good
                                           players. I imagine Francis is going to be in the
                                           top three, Miller in the top seven or eight, and
                                           then I don't know exactly where Avery or Terry
                                           will fit in.