Re: What about Cisse?

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

Hi Jim: I read Cisse tore his ACL in late December and his handlers kept it 
a secret until individual workouts started this month. Cisse apparently is 
in no shape to work out right now. Maybe a Popeye Jones situation. Really 
sad to see. With medical advances these days he'll probably find his way 
back into the league eventually as a slightly less explosive athlete, but 
he's already permanently renounced the right to a college basketball 
scholarship by declaring for this draft (a pretty draconian rule) and you 
have to wonder who's going to pay for the rehab and whether he'll have the 
best treatment. It's a shame. He had a scholarship offer from Louisville, 
where Pitino is trying to rebuild. He is from Mali, an underdeveloped, 
landlocked country in West Africa. Sagana Diop is from neighboring Senegal.

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At 11:26 14/06/01 -0400, you wrote:
>What is the scoop on Cisse?  He has really slipped.
>
>He is supposed to be around 6'8" with wingspan of 94"!  Thats more then
>Woods I believe.
>He is supposed to bench 370 lbs. and give 110% ALL the time. Rebounding,
>blocking shots and has great speed and hops.
>
>NBADraft has him being taken by the Clippers in the second round.  Think the
>Celtics can pick up a second round pick to get this kid?
>
>Think he can play the "inside 3" to offset the "outside 4" of Walker?  We
>must have two players who can rebound inside.
>
>Getting excited.  I say keep them all and gamble.
>
>Jim
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