Re: Is Shammond really 205 lbs?

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This all sounds too simplistic. What are we going to do kidnap the KIDD :>)

DanF
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Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Is Shammond really 205 lbs?


> You beat the Nets by shutting down Kidd and making their bench work extra
> hard to get anything.  You can't stop Kidd's shot with 6' PGs, but you CAN
> stop him from getting where he wants to go with quicker men.
>
> This is the one thing that bothers me about the Nets. Our present winning
> formula is our defense (which showed up again last night) and our two
scoring
> stars. However, Kidd and his fast breaking prevents us from getting into
our
> no. 1 asset, the defense set. I'm not sure if a quicker guard is the
answer
> or that would have already been successful for other teams. I am thinking
an
> athletic larger guard. I am wondering how Kedrick would do against Jason,
if
> all he had to think about was slowing him down and preventing him from
> passing. They tried Erik Williams who has the savvy on him last year but
Kidd
> left him in the dust.
>
> A wild hope would be Shammond Williams although he doesn't have the height
to
> block the vision. But do you know that Shammond is listed at 205 lbs! I
can't
> find any other 6-1, 6-2 point guard near that weight! Kenny weighed a
> whooping 168, Stockton at 175 but no one over 190 lbs. Shammond is all
muscle
> so it just doesn't seem right. Either he is shorter than listed or the
weight
> can't be right. I checked NBA.com and some previous basketball magazines
and
> they are all consistent. If he weighs that much, I would think he would be
> able to body the opposing point guards more in the style of Erick
Strickland.
> You would think he would be more physical on defense than shown to date.
> Maybe when he picks up the defense scheme. At any rate, since we have no
hope
> of getting a Gary Payton type, maybe we can develop Shammond enough to at
> least irritate Kidd a little...
>
> DJessen33