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Re: misc

In a message dated 6/22/00 1:16:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
j.hironaka@unesco.org writes:

<< Courtney Alexander seems to be winning people over in interviews and
 is a great talent, but I'm worried that Antoine or Pierce's continued
 development as unselfish, pass-first players would revert to business as
 usual if we add another shoot-first, think-later reputed gunner like
 Alexander. To the extent that he is an early ROY candidate, it's because
 everyone knows he's going to jack up a lot of shots and score a high
 number of points.
 
     But when Tark the Shark says Coutney Alexander is the best player he
 ever coached (Rider, LJ etc.) that's still quite an endorsement. I doubt
 he will be there at eleven. It could as easily be Tsak. >>

Who can really say if Alexander will be the selfish gunner he is reputed to 
be if the Celtics drafted him?  I recently read an article about him in Slam 
magazine and it seems he has really changed himself as a player and a person. 
 On the right team, he could be a gunner, but he could easily come here and 
just be a money guy like Glen Rice on the Lakers (only on offense I hope).  
Rice doesn't score as much as he used to, but give him the ball and he's 
automatic most of the time.

-= thndr =-