Re: first impressions

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

Williams took over against UCLA. He will go top 5.

Lonnie Baxter of Maryland has been dominant inside. I like Juan Dixon and
Earl Watson also

I like Gadzuric, he's a good rebounder and shot blocker, but he doesn't seem
to bring it every night

The Collins twins are stiffs as are Chenowith & Woods. Sam Clancy of USC is
a big strong guy but I think he is only 6'7" and has not been to spectacular
this year.  Not a lot of bigman talent in this tournament. Who knows what
Chandler, Curry, Diop, and the Chinese bring.


Jacobsen is a good outside shooter but I don't think he is coming.


Marvin O'Conner of St. Josephs and Troy Bell of BC looked good. Kapono
reminds me of Tracy Murray. Maybe a good 3 point shooter but too many
weaknesses elsewhere.


The top players I have seen are:

Jason Williams
Baxter
Battier
Troy Bell
Marvin O'Conner
Watson
Gadzuric
Dixon
Jacobsen
Dunleavy
Kareem Rush

Haven't seen many Michigan St or Illinois games

What does everyone think of Terrence Morris ?  He was ranked as the top
player at the beginning of the season on Monter's list.






----- Original Message -----
From: "Kestutis Kveraga" <Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 7:24 AM
Subject: first impressions


> As a disclaimer, let me state that I don't know much about college
basketball and usually start watching it only around the time of S16 or E8.
> With that out of the way, here are my first, one-game impressions of the
kids whom some of you college bball gurus have mentioned as potential first
round picks, in no particular order:
>
> Battier - he struck me as a Shawn Marion with perhaps less hops but more
offense. A polished, solid, smart player, works very hard on both ends, does
everything quite well. Could probably start for us at SF, but that would
pretty much lock Toine in at PF.
>
> But he's probably out of our expected picking range anyway.
>
> Gadzuric: the big man I was impressed the most by, even though I guess
he's supposed to be the dog of this year's big man "lottery class". He
rebounds, blocks shots, clogs up space, can score a bit, has a center's
body, and is fairly athletic. Could start
>  at C for the Celtics immediately. But then, so has Blount. As I
understand, he would be available in our range.
>
> Jason Williams - very good, although he didn't strike me as a great
shooter.
>
> Same for Frank Williams. I was impressed by his composure and NBA
veteran-like presence. The problem is, he's a tweener guard, and not a great
shooter. More than anything, he seemed like a Billups deluxe,with better
decision-making.
>
> Jacobsen - from what I saw of him, a good scorer. Not overly impressive
otherwise.
>
> I wasn't all that impressed by Woods, Gooden, the Collins btohers, Boozer,
or Chenowith. Jason Kapono looked like one of those geek kids in FSNE
commercials - you know, where they're spliced into an NBA video clip
"playing" against NBA players. Except tho
> se kids looked better than Kapono.
> What did you guys think of their play in S16?
> Kestas
>
>