Re: chancy draft

["Jaims" <jaims@impactnet.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Berry, Mark S <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: chancy draft


> Geez, I'm going to set a record for posts in a day...
>
> Anyway, as a die-hard Ohio State fan, let me say that Michael Redd is no
> Michael Dickerson. I love Redd. He's a Columbus kid who stayed home at OSU
> when the program was at its lowest point. He never complained when Scoonie
> Penn (another favorite of mine) transferred in and became everyone's media
> darling (and rightfully so).
>
> Now, having said that, Redd just isn't an NBA player. He's a great, great
> college player, but he just isn't going to be more than a bit player in
the
> NBA. He's 6-5, so he has to play shooting guard, not small forward. His
> outside shot is weak, even though he's known for years that it was the one
> part of his game that could turn him into an NBA threat. He's not athletic
> at all. He has average quickness and isn't a good leaper. He's not strong
> enough to be a post-up threat, and he made his living on post-ups and
> slashes to the basket in college.
>
> I really loved the guy at OSU, but he made a mistake coming out. The
college
> and NBA games are so different, and he's one player who never realized
that.
> He convinced himself that he'd show well in workouts (he hasn't) and move
up
> in the draft because he was "better" than the other 2-guards in the draft.
> He just didn't understand that being a better college player doesn't mean
> you'll be a better pro. It's still basketball, but it's not the same game.
> And Redd is learning that painful lesson right now.
>
> A couple of your other comparisons:
>
> Quentin Richardson-now there's a guy I'd compare to Dickerson. Like
> Dickerson, Q is a college forward who will have to switch to guard. Both
> have underrated perimeter shots and good athleticism.

Ya uh huh.  Q tip as I've said has skills of Pierce plus a great knack for
getting rebounds.  And you're correct Dickerson is similar too.

> Eddie House-Don't see Bonzi Wells here. House is about 6-0 and a
shoot-first
> point guard. I'd think Lindsey Hunter.

Look again.  Bonzi was a shoot first in college and even in the NBA..refer
to West Conf Finals (well, ya uh huh...coz he's the go-to guy in Ball St.,
like Eddi House in Ariz St.)

> Miles-who knows? I know he's built like Garnett, but Garnett is 7-feet
tall.
> Miles is 6-9. There's a big difference. Garnett is a matchup nightmare,
but
> Miles won't be. I think he'll be a good pro, but he's no Garnett. If he's
> lucky, he'll develop into a McGrady-type player.

Garnett was listed 6'10 -'11 coming into the NBA.  He grew a lil more thru
the years.  Miles is 18? or 19?  so he might grow a couple more plus NBA
height listing is always exagerated, fyi.
>
> Mark
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