Re: Eric

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I don't think it's that they don't learn to shoot,
it's just that they need to play the percentages to
get ahead in basketball, and generally they are so
superior physically to the guys they play that it
makes more sense to be a "slasher."  Few players will
actually turn down an open ten foot shot to take it in
against a prepared defender or defenders the way Eric
will, though.

--- Mark Estepp <EsteppJM@appstate.edu> wrote:
> It amazes me how these guys get through a high
> school, but even more so a 
> college career, without ever learning to shoot a 15
> foot jump shot.  I 
> guess that often the college coach is more
> interested in winning with them 
> than teaching them basics they should have learned a
> long time ago.
> Some players who come into the league do develop a
> shot, and because of it 
> they survive, or even thrive.  Karl Malone comes to
> mind, as does Julius 
> Erving, or even to some extent M.J.  I can't really
> think of any players 
> who came in and never developed a shot, and thus
> were pretty quickly out of 
> the league.  'Guess they were not around long enough
> to make an 
> impression.  Maybe Bruce Bowen might fit into that
> mold?  Or Harold Minor?
> 
> On a different note, I saw where Benign Benoit
> Benjamen was picked up by (I 
> thnk) the Sixers.  It's hard to imagine how good
> this guy could have been 
> if he only had a heart.  His lifetime numbers of
> around 10pts/10boards per 
> game is not to bad.  But oh what a waste!
> 
> 
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> Josh wrote
> >As far as Eric is concerned, it seems obvious to me
> >that the reason he went crazy the first two games
> and
> >has been a nonfactor since is that teams remembered
> >that he won't shoot from the outside.  I mean,
> he'll
> >pass up an open ten footer.  The refs see this as
> >well, and so Eric has gotten any love from them on
> his
> >deliberate drives.  On defense, he'll get there. 
> He's
> >a good athlete and a hard worker.  But Andy Enfield
> >better get busy with him in practice.
> 
> 
> 


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