RE: [Celtic_Pride] Au revoir, poodle boy

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

The second scouting report clearly is more accurate.

One more thing I forgot in my earlier post... I distinctly remember Chris
Wallace saying how much he liked McLeod before that draft. He said he
thought he was a real sleeper. Maybe he's one of those guys GMs just keep
chasing...

Mark

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	j.hironaka [mailto:j.hironaka@unesco.org] 
Sent:	Friday, August 03, 2001 2:24 PM
To:	Celtic_Pride@yahoogroups.com; Celt's; Boston Celtics
Subject:	[Celtic_Pride] Au revoir, poodle boy

         Here are two contrasting scouting reports on Roshown Mc coming out 
of college. Sounds like he can score lots of points in limited minutes. 
Hopefully a smarter version of Todd Day. ;-)

         They come off of Usenet at 
http://www.ibiblio.org/craig/draft/1998_draft/Players/mcleod.htm

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Scouting Report: Wes (westical@hotmail.com)
Who is a more versatile player in this NBA draft than Roshown McCloed?
Nobody, that's who. He is very fitted to the NBA game. He has the skills,
quickness, and moves of a player that is 6-3 or 6-4, but he has the body
of a bigger player. At 6-8 he could be like scottie Pippen or Juwan
Howard, he has their body type. He isn't as outside oriented as pippen,
and he doesn't have as good inside moves as Howard, he can score down low
or out on the perimeter.
         He is also a great defender. He could match up and did match up
well against Antawn Jamison earlier last year. He is a good passer, he
sees the court well, is a capable rebounder, and can score at almost any
time. Who played a tougher schedule this year than Duke? None of the 20
players ahead of Roshown McCloed did. He played the best teams throughout
the year and played with great poise and skill, and that reflects what he
will be able to do in the NBA next year, against good teams and good
players, night in and night out.
         A player with the skills and experience of Roshown McCloed should
probably be rated at least top 12, more realistically, top 8. That
includes when Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison decide to become eligible
for the draft.(they will.) McCloed's shooting stroke is better than any
other guy of his size in the draft, and he isn't close to becoming as
accurate a shooter as he will be in the coming years in the NBA.

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Scouting Report: David Edelman [dedelman@acpub.duke.edu]
I'm not nearly as high on him as Wes, but he has his
points.  Shot 41% from 3, but the Duke offense is designed to get that 
wide-open
20-footer.  In the NBA that shot (a) is a two and (b) won't be open;  he 
doesn't
create his own shot very well.  He's a frankly bad rebounder, and he's not 
going
to beat an NBA defender off the dribble.  Nevertheless, to average 15 points
in
23 minutes in the ACC is very impressive, and you could argue that his
sudden
late improvement portends still further improvement.  He's probably about
right
where he is, and my best (admittedly wild) guess is that he'll end up as a
valuable 6th man somewhere, the shooter you grab off the bench when you
don't
like how your offense looks late in the first quarter.  Duke players tend 
not to
reach their expectation in the pros (Grant Hill excepted).


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