Re: kedrick brown...

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

Hi Jaims.
Where did you find this great scouting report BTW? It looks unfamiliar.

One minor quibble...How does a reported 45-inch vertical and straight-faced 
athletic comparisons to Vince Carter (by other scouts) make Kedrick Brown 
just a "pretty good athlete" whose upside compares to that of "Matt 
Harpring"? Someone must be wrong.

The context in which this was written kind of suggests it was posted 
several weeks ago around the time of the Moody Bible camp in Chicago. If 
that's the case, a lot has changed since then.

Joe

p.s. The future "towel waver" bit makes you wonder if he's the second 
coming of ML Carr. ;-)

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At 21:48 26/06/01 +0800, you wrote:
>To be drafted at 11???!!!  ....sheesh...stupid stupid stupid
>
>Kedrick Brown Draft Capsule
>Kedrick Brown, 6-7, 225, Okaloosa-Walton CC (Oklahoma)
>======================================================
>
>OVERVIEW: A first-team JUCO All-American selection last season and a
>two-time Panhandle Conference first-team honoree. Led Okaloosa Walton to
>55-10 record in two seasons. Last season, he averaged 22.9 points, 8.8
>rebounds and 3.0 assists. Shot 40.4 percent from 3-point range and scored 20
>or more points 19 times. Scored 32 points in one NJCAA Tournament. Will try
>to become the first JUCO player in recent memory to make a big splash in
>NBA.
>
>LIKELY DRAFT POSITION: Picks 18-24. There's speculation a team has promised
>to take him in the first round if he came out. Rumors are just rumors, but
>ESPN reported that some think Portland (19) made that promise. If that
>doesn't hold up, Boston (21), Houston (18, 22), Utah (24), and Vancouver
>(27) are potential suitors.
>
>RIVALED BY: Steven Hunter
>COMPARATIVE UPSIDE: Matt Harpring
>COMPARATIVE DOWNSIDE: Sherell Ford
>ROLE PROJECTION: Towel waver. Future key reserve.
>
>POSITIVES: Brown already has an NBA body. He's not as big as some of the
>small forwards coming into the league nowadays, but he's got classic
>swingman size. Brown's also a pretty good athlete who doesn't mind mixing it
>up in the paint. In the NBA, however, his bread and butter is expected to be
>the perimeter game. He's a good shooter who was prolific from beyond the arc
>over his JC career.
>
>SHORTCOMINGS: Brown is going to have to endure a major adjustment period.
>It's a difficult transition for a player to jump between levels in which
>there is such a huge talent discrepancy. Brown will most likely feel this in
>terms of his perimeter shooting. Despite having such a good stroke, he isn't
>used to having little timing or spacing from his defender to get off his
>shot, largely because he was physically superior to almost all of his
>counterparts at the JC level. Once he does adjust -- if he's still in the
>league -- Brown has the potential to be a good NBA player.
>
>WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: "He's a terrific athlete. There are teams that like
>him -- I think he's been assured (by a team) that he's going to go in the
>first round -- that's why he didn't come here (Chicago Pre-Draft camp)." -
>Atlanta Hawks general manager Pete Babcock