Re: May On O'Neal & Othella Harrington

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

Way Of The Ray wrote:

> Isn't Othella Harrington eerily reminiscent of Danny Fortson? And
> you don't think Pitino would trade Fortson for Harrington in a
> deal of two disgruntled undersized power forwards?

Othella isn't quite that "undersized" as a power forward. He is listed by
the NBA at 6-9, 235.

FWIW, he had his "breakout" year last season, averaging around 13 points and
7 boards. Othella is also a career .506FG% and .746FT% guy. It would take
Antoine ten solid years to get his career shooting numbers up anywhere near
that high. Numbers wise, Harrington basically fits the definition of
"traditional power forward" (Gary Trent, Brian Grant etc.) that some
Anti-Toine Boston fans seem to feel might suddenly solve big problems for
the team. On the other hand, Harrington's brings next to nothing to the
table as a passer (like Toine) or shotblocker (like Battie) and Vancouver
was the only NBA team with a worse FG% allowed than the Celtics.

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