Re: point guards

[Josh Ozersky <igtcjosh@yahoo.com>]

Of those guys, the one that sounds the best to me is
Tito Maddox.  I know everyone is super high on
Williams, but I really don't see it; anyway, he's a
top five lock now, for whatever that's worth.  Brett
Nelson is an amazing player, but seems to be somewhat
slight and more of a scorer.  Frank Williams was
described by Bill Simmons as "Sam Cassell minus the
E.T./Confucious look" which was good for a big laugh,
but I don't agree.  Troy Bell is not a top flight
point guard.  Maybe there's some guys overseas Chris
has his eye on.

btw, a big shout-out to Gene Kirkpatrick.  You can
never be too optimistic, Gene!

Josh

--- "j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org> wrote:
> Regarding Chris Wallace's phone call to Josh O.
> noting that next year looks 
> to be a point guard draft, I guess the players to
> watch and compare in US 
> colleges this season are:
> 
> Jason Williams 6-2 190, Duke Junior
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Dajuan Wagner 6-2 180, Memphis Freshman
> Troy Bell 6-1 171, Boston College Junior
> Brett Nelson 6-3 185, Florida Junior
> Maurice Baker 6-1 175, Oklahoma St. Senior.
> Frank Williams 6-3 173 Illinois Junior
> Juan Dixon 6-3 160, Maryland Senior
> Tito Maddox 6-4 190, Fresno St. Sophomore
> Dan Dickau 6-0 170, Gonzaga Senior
> 
> 
> Jason WIlliams is clearly in a different category as
> one of the most 
> watched college lead guards in history (like an
> Isiah Thomas or Phil Ford).
> 
> The most recent point guard rich NBA draft class was
> in 1999, when Steve 
> Francis and Baron Davis went #2 and #3 ahead of
> Lamar Odom, followed by 
> Andre Miller and Jason Terry both in the top ten.
> 
> In retrospect, William Avery made a wise financial
> decision by declaring 
> early into that deep point guard draft. Although
> he's been a bust since 
> getting picked 14th overall by the T-wolves, had
> Avery stayed an additional 
> year at Duke it might have been spent on the bench
> watching Jason Williams. 
> Who knows, maybe they actually had an occasion to go
> one-on-one in a campus 
> recruiting visit, and Avery could already see the
> writing on the wall. A 
> lot of people were surprised to see him leave Duke
> so early.
> 
> I remember hearing a similar story about a campus
> visit to tiny Gonzaga by 
> (I think) Mark Price, where he ended up getting
> schooled one-on-one by some 
> nobody named John Stockton and started to wonder if
> all Division I players 
> were also that good.
> 
> ***
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