Re: armstrong over hardaway...

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr. <jaims@philonline.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>; Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: armstrong over hardaway...


>
> -----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
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> >> can measure any player after a game!!!  Maybe you can quote me on
saying
> =
> >> 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
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> >> 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
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> >> 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
> =
> >> that.
> >
> >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???

Sean Elliott, Tim Hardaway, Jerome Kersey, Danny Ainge, Charlie Scott, Jason
Kidd (Why do you think he was traded outta Dallas?), to name but a few.

Cecil

>
> It's not like they have a predetermined "selfish
> >gene" that they can't overcome.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Alex
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