Re: News

[kasper nine <kaspernine@yahoo.com>]

i think he's a true point...if anything, he should
score more, and is unselfish to a fault...he knows
when to pass, he can penetrate, and he CERTAINLY sets
the defensive tone at the one...not bad for a
3rd-string point. peace.

--- Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I saw Turner at Kentucky & the Summer pro league
> and would not call him a
> > true point.  He has never been that impressive,
> that is why he went
> > undrafted. Kevin Ollie & former Laker Duane Cooper
> looked better at FILA.
> > Expect about as much out of Turner as we get out
> of McCarty, pretty much
> > nothing, I'd take Damon Jones or ollie over
> him,but then Pitino can't find a
> > lot of players who really want to play for him.
>  
> Damon Jones or Kevin Ollie are borderline player
> (like Turner) just trying 
> to make it in the NBA. You make it sound like they
> turned Pitino down or
> something, when they would have loved to make the
> team. Why does this idea
> that players don't want to play for Pitino persist?
> Didn't Cheaney turn
> down Miami (a supposedly desirable warm-weather
> contending team) for Boston?
> 
> The only occasions that I can recall that Pitino's
> free agent money was
> rejected for a lesser deal was by Derek Strong
> (Orlando) and Michael Stewart
> (Raptors). Both of these players were rewarded a
> year later with large
> extensions so there's a possibility of
> under-the-table dealing having 
> happened too.
> 
> I'd agree that we probably won't see much of a
> contribution from Turner
> unless there is an injury to Anderson or Barros.
> Possibly he could be 
> called on to defend post-up points like Jackson, but
> with the rules changes
> that may be less important. My guess is that he'll
> be slowly groomed to
> be a replacement for Barros, who will be 34 when his
> contract expires in
> 2001.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 


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