RE: Where would Kedrick have gone in this draft?

["jlyell" <jlyell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree Kedrick has yet to show if he was a steal or a bust. Hopefully he
will get some more playing time.  He has shown flashes but that's about all.
He needs to get much more confident and consistent from the perimeter and
use his athleticism in taking it aggressively to the hoop.

John





-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
Kai_Brunnen_G@ix.netcom.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:46 AM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: RE: Where would Kedrick have gone in this draft?


Ha ha ha ha. God, talk about cheerleader central
and wishful thinking. What the scouts would have done to
Kedrick would have been brutal, as the more these players are exposed
during their collegiate careers, the larger the flaws that are exhibited
in the scouts' minds.

Here's what they would have said about Kedrick:

Great athlete, but a bit of a tweener. Lacks the handle to be a
shooting guard and too small to be a small forward. A bit slow
on the uptake, and unlike Koby, McGrady or other super athletic types,
doesn't really have a great grasp of the game. Can hit three pointers,
but has no mid-range game to speak of. Defense is good, though he
seems to have trouble staying with smaller, quicker shooting guards....

Now compare that to the glowing things that were said about the
manifold players that would have been drafted ahead of Kedrick:
the Mings, Williams, Goodens, Nick from Georgia, Maybiner,  etc.,
and toss in the fact that Memphis already had Battier,
who plays the same position and had a terrific rookie year.

Interestingly, Leo Papile said Sundov would have been a top 7 pick.
Ray

> ** Original Subject: RE: Where would Kedrick have gone in this draft?
> ** Original Sender: Roy Enrile <renrile@qualcomm.com>
> ** Original Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:30:16 -0700 (PDT)

> ** Original Message follows...

>
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 Douglas342@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Kedrick is the big unknown.  I am most optimistic
> > about Kedrick, but that ain't enough to make up for the loss of
> > Anderson and Rogers and the mental toughness of Strickland
>
> Here's some food for thought during this downtime:
> Kedrick may well have gone top 4 in this past draft like Leo Papile
> speculated a year ago.  If he went to LSU as planned, GM's would have
> drooled about his upside.  Sundov hypothetically could have been a
> top 15 pick if draft eligible last year, like Wallace stated last month.
>
>
> Take a look at the top 4.
> 1. Ming
> 2. Williams
> 3. Dunleavy
> 4. Gooden
> I can see Jerry West (Memphis) reaching for Kedrick ahead of Drew Gooden,
> because he had a history of taking raw Eddie Jones, and Kobe, and tried to
> manuever into the top 5 in 1997 to take McGrady.  He knew that Tracy would
> be the impact guy, not Billups or Mercer.
>
> Looking at the mid first round,
> 13. Haislip 6-10 230
> 14. Fred Jones
> 15. Nachbar 6-9 221
> 16. Welsch  6-7 208
>
> These guys aren't big name players, Sundov should be in this talent
> area and better.  He and Nachbar both played for the junior World team
> when they were younger.
>
> The point is, our two youngsters will turn out alright.
> And for the people who're bashing Wallace in hindsight for not taking
> Richard Jefferson, ...Kedrick will soon be the more feared player in the
> league.  Bank on it.  With his freak basketball tools (Ray Allen level and
> beyond), and rep as a defender, he'll probably get more espn time and hype
> than Antoine ;)  Jefferson is less gifted and looked good because
> Jason Kidd can make scrub swingmen like Lucious look better than Paul
> Pierce at times. The C's worked out athletes Richard Jefferson and
> Gerald Wallace together and thought Brown was the better option.
>
> If Kedrick blossoms after a year or so, like E Jones/Finley/Mcgrady,
> (He will), the C's would have 4 stars on the team, and could gel into the
> offensive juggernaut of the East.

>** --------- End Original Message ----------- **

>



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