RE: Shaking The Lottery Tree

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I heard this kind of thing.
You know what?  I don't need a 7'6" center to handle the ball
or shoot three pointers.  I need him to block shots, rebound, 
and play the pivot without getting thrown around like a rag doll.
How many of these freaks are going to get off the mothership before
someone registers that being tall doesn't make you a center?

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	W [SMTP:titans@ihug.com.au]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 21, 2000 2:30 AM
> To:	OzerskyJA
> Subject:	Re: Shaking The Lottery Tree
> 
> 
> Yao Ming would be #1 pick in any draft in the past 10 years except for
> Shaq and
> Duncan.
> 
> Hes a major stud. If he were an American, he'd make it legal for
> collegiate
> players to get paid. One of my mates is the editor of the pro basketball
> newspaper that gets published here- he said Donny Nelson said the guy is
> simply
> incredible. The best big man hes ever seen. He has a handle like a point
> guard,
> can shoot the three ball- amazing. The only thing he really needs to add
> is a
> little toughness, but when you're 7'6" and playing in China you dont
> exactly
> face bohemaths all the time.
> 
> W