Tonight's "JV" game

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tonight's Nets have arguably the strongest lineup in the 
Shaw League, with two rotation regulars. I'm only 
speculating based on the published roster, but we might 
see the following matchups tonight:

RICHARD JEFFERSON v. Kedrick Brown
Brian Scalabrine v. Darius Songaila  
JASON COLLINS v. Derrick Alston 
Brandon Armstrong v. Omar Cook 
Tamar Slay v. Joe Forte

plus:
7-1 Duane Causwell (34-years-old)
6-9 Kevin Lyde (Temple)

Slay is the Nets' second round pick. He's listed at 6-9, 
and scored 19 ppg with 5.4 boards at Marshall (MAC) last 
year. The Nets chose center Nenad Krstic with their first 
pick, but he's just 18 and won't be signed for a few 
years.

Neither Slay nor Armstrong are true pointguards, so Omar 
could have a strong start to his Celtics career. 

The 6-4 Armstrong was one of the true mystery picks from 
last year's first round...23rd pick overall. Like Forte, 
he was also picked ahead of Parker, Tinsley and Gilbert 
Arenas.

Jefferson Airplane v. Kedrick "Downtown" Brown is the 
marquee matchup. I'm not expecting a coming-out-party 
type game for Kedrick, but I do think/hope he can hold 
his own on both ends. 

(But for a little bad luck, Kedrick could have won the 
Slam Dunk contest and started the rest of the second half 
for Boston.)

Like Causwell, Derrick Alston is trying to come back from 
a year or more away from the NBA. Picked #33 in the 1994 
draft, Allston remarkably has a career average of 19.1 
mpg over an NBA career spanning 139 games and 42 starts 
(Mostly for Philly in the 95-96 season). His career game 
was 30 points with 8 offensive boards against Phoenix 
that year. Not bad.

Gametime is 6 pm. I hope someone will volunteer to post a 
game summary to this list.

  
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