Re: statman.....

["James A. Hill" <jahill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that Kedrick looks lost, but he looked "better" last night.  If his
skills are empathized and his weaknesses worked around he will contribute
this year after all.

I think a great role for him is to be an interior rebounder when Walker is
on the perimeter.  The team needs two rebounders around the basket at both
ends.  On many teams that's the center and PF.  When Walker is down low then
EWill is fine.  When Walker play's outside our center is out manned by
himself.  With Kedrick's leaping ability he gives us a legitimate rebounder
under the basket.  He picked up a couple nice inside rebounds the last
couple games.

With a plan....  such as having Brown be on the opposite side of the basket
then our center, effectively drawing in the other teams SF and having the PF
chase Walker we will give our center a better chance to rebound and Brown
can leap as high as any PF I've seen.  And he's a lot quicker into the air
then most PF's and center's.

Just require Brown to tape his ankles before heading out onto the court.

<Jim

Mark Berry stated:
Snip....

--Kedrick is lost. He's a decent defensive player-not the stopper some think
he is, at least not yet-but he doesn't know what to do on offense. Most of
the time he hangs around the 3-point line waiting to launch another
brick-and most of his shots really are total bricks. This offense really
hampers a guy like Kedrick, who would at least be able to use his
athleticism if there was some movement, screening, etc. He could be much
better roaming the baseline, looking for cracks within 15 feet of the
basket. That's how the Kings use Gerald Wallace-a similar athlete taken in
the same draft (at the bottom of the first round-not with the 11th pick)-and
they get much more production from Wallace.