----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 3:34 AM
Subject: armstrong over hardaway...
Hey guys, if this rumor about Pitino wanting
to get hardaway is true...man, that would really just bust up the team
more. Having a couple of "talented" brick throwers in the team is too
much and this??? adding another one??? Man, Antoine is the type of
player you'd say in a few years that has/had the talent but the mature
mind???? no i guess not, no improvement in that department for sure even if
you give him 10 years!!! Everybody should already know once you see a
player, that you'd be able to know if he's the kind to mature and be a team
player
*You were doing pretty well until you made the
previous statement. I, for one, do not profess to be capable of
judging a player based on limited observation. I remember thinking that
Allan Houston would be a bust based off the first game I saw him play.
He shot something like 3/16. Did you see him in the playoffs this
year? I think we are all making a mistake, and giving ourselves far too
much credit, when we make these assessments so early in a player's
career. I am not advocating on behalf of Hardaway, or anyone else.
Just that these guys are not as limited as they sometime may
appear.
Cecil
...unfortunately, Antoine and Hardaway are one
of those players among the bunch in the NBA!!! Pierce...definitely the
"good maturing type"!!! You know guys, I'd really choose Armstrong over
Hardaway in a heartbeat. If there's only a way to do
that...