Re: Fortson for Gatling and Strong?

[kevin lok <kevin.lok@lycosmail.com>]

Gatling and Strong? why?
Gatling  - has a attitude problem whereever he goes (how many teams now
he's been on?) I don't think Pitino can stand him for his non-basketball
attributes.

Strong - i don't think he's the type to play effectively with a coach
howling "get that rebound! block him out!" I've seen strong on tv (on
celtics and magic teams) he is the easy ed (pickney), good positional
rebounder, but without the intensity (like outlaw). i think he is
overrated and a cap liability.

i don't think they fit in with Pitino's philosophy and direction.

my 2 cents.

kevin/singapore

> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 16:37:07 -0500 (EST)
> From: David A Wickerham <aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu>
> Subject: Re: More about Fortson Rumor
>
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Josh Farber wrote:
>
> Gatling is a scorer off the bench, and at 6'10, he can hit the three and
> still fill in at C and PF.  He's also a strong rebounder who looks like he
> would be a good fit in place of Fortson. The only downside is he has been
> moved a lot in the past few years.  I seem to remember he had some
> problems in NJ last year. The other plus is his contract runs out in 01.
>
> We had Derrick Strong who was a mediocre player on a mediocre bench.  He
> will never be anything other than mediocre and I would hate to see us tied
> up with his salary until '03
>
> ****dave
>
>