Re: armstrong over hardaway...

["Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr." <jaims@philonline.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
To: celtics@igtc.com <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: armstrong over hardaway...


>> Well, I didn't mention Allan Houston as a bust.  I never said that you =
>> can measure any player after a game!!!  Maybe you can quote me on saying
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>> that I see players who will and can mature after a year or two right =
>> away.  And then I mentioned Hardaway and Walker's names.  Hardaway's =
>> case is that he went thru a rollercoaster ride and just couldn't shake =
>> off the cobwebs.  As in the case of Walker, he is just a selfish dude =
>> that thinks he could win it all by himself.  Walker is actually a good =
>> talent but kinda wasted coz of his stubborness.  He would be the kind =
>> that would have a 30% fg percentage career in the NBA...you can count on
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>> that.
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>If you can really extrapolate a player's career based on their first year
>or two, then you should apply for a job as a high paid NBA personnel
>consultant. I don't think any person who works in the NBA would claim that
>they could do the same. Cecil mentioned Houston as one example but there
>are numerous other examples of selfish players who matured into team
players
>later in their careers.

Like who???

It's not like they have a predetermined "selfish
>gene" that they can't overcome.
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>I would bet a lot of money on Antoine shooting better than 30% fg for his
>career. I'd guess there are very, very few players in the NBA that shoot
>30%; and Antoine has done far better in his short career so far.
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>Alex
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