Kwame pulls out, Haywood is in

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

Unfortunately, Kwame Brown will miss at least the first 
three games of the Shaw Pro Summer League due to a groin 
pull, according to the Wash Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4469-
2002Jul14.html

The Post projects the Wiz starters to be:

PF-Etan Thomas
SF-Jared Jeffries
C-Brendan Haywood
G-Juan Dixon
G-Bobby Simmons

PF-Kris Lang
PF-Mike Mardesich

Fatigue might be a factor in who gets minutes, since its 
a game-per-day tournament.

The Wiz bring a fair amount of height, but that's about 
it. I have a feeling Dixon will be trying to fire away 
from downtown (depending on who is guarding him), since 
none of the others are natural scorers. Dixon v. Forte 
could devolve into one big ballhog jamboree.

A big question is how Dixon and Jared Jeffries stand up 
to physical play. This is a year with a lot of frail 
rookies, of which these two are exhibits A and B.

Jeffries is a guy with the most interesting skills and 
court sense, but he weighs 215 pounds right now. In the 
near term, its kind of hard to picture him getting 
regular season minutes on a Michael Jordan team. I guess 
we'll know a little more tomorrow.


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