Kedrick Brown, redux

[Bob McChesney <rwmcches@xxxxxxxx>]

I have been asked by Mike King why I don't think Kedrick will become a 25 
ppg scorer in the NBA. Let me say that if Kedrick does become a 25 ppg 
scorer, the future suddenly gets a heckuva lot rosier for the Cs, 
ThanksDad's and Chris ("As a GM I try not to think more than three weeks 
ahead") Wallace's idiocy notwithstanding.

I am a bigtime Kedrick fan. I think he plays tough D, has a 3 point stroke, 
rebounds and passes well for a 3, and seems to be a good guy.The questions 
I have concern his feel for the game. I think the worst that happens in his 
career is that he spends 10 years in the league as a decent guy off the 
bench. The best is that he becomes a player in the Cooper mold. (And, 
despite hating the Lakers, let me say that that would be damned good.) I 
think he can possibly become a quality starting small forward on a very 
good NBA team. It is early to make these sorts of projections, of course. 
But I have seen little reason to think he can create his shot like Paul or 
even Antoine, which is the hallmark of the 25 ppg player. Recall there are 
only 3-6 guys in the entire league at any time who score 25 ppg so it is 
not like I am trashing Kedrick to say it is not in his cards. Kevin Garnett 
and Walt Frazier and Scottie Pippen never did it. Being a spectacular 
athlete is different from being able to get your shot off at will in the NBA.

Robert W. McChesney
Your Man in Urbana
Institute of Communications Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
www.robertmcchesney.com