Re: Kenny vs. Milt

[Georgek27@AOL.com]

In a message dated 8/23/01 2:31:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, awang@MIT.EDU 
writes:


> Palacio, on the other hand, is never branded a "shoot first" point guard 
> because he doesn't have the ability. If he ever averages 14 ppg, he really 
> will be "Miracle Milt." 

I think many of us make the mistake of judging Palacio as if he were a 
veteran journeyman. In fact, if not for less than 400 minutes played at 
Vancouver, he'd have been a rookie last year. Maybe he won't ever average 14 
points per game but he had a number of double digit games down the stretch 
last year with many of those points coming at the Free Throw line at crunch 
time. With all the shooters on this team Palacio shouldn't get more than 
about 6 shots per game -- assuming half of those are layups. The point is 
this -- he's far from being a star but he deserves better than to be 
dismissed as a "scrub". He improved as the season progressed. Hopefully that 
improvement will continue.

George