Re: Stay patient with Kedrick

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

Mark, I do think some players take time to develop, 
unless you are talking exclusively about superstars.

Kedrick guy still loves to defer to his elders 
(Antoine/Pierce) for the time being and perhaps until the 
end of time, but whenever he tries to make something 
happen off the dribble, I can't say he's been all that 
bad or over his head.

His jump-shot off a catch-and-shoot is another story. Its 
hesitant and absolutely terrible, I agree. Absolutely 
terrible.

On defense, when he rushes at an open corner shooter, 
he's able to stop and react really well when the guy 
attempts to go for a drive. That's a good skill for 
a "rookie". I see this kid physically stop people from 
scoring in games, enough times to keep count (I think I 
will from now on). 

And that help block on Tim Duncan has probably never 
happened before. I don't know what possessed him, but I 
still can't get over how he would block the shot straight 
back down like that.

Maybe you are just eager to make the point that Chris 
Wallace is incompetent and didn't do any research on 
Kedrick, or use any common sense.

But, honestly, that case is already won without bringing 
Brown into the equation.

Its a type of overkill, and its really not all that fair 
when you see how picks 8 through 18 panned out. You know 
I was just as set as anyone on how critical that draft's 
success or failure was.

So far, all but one team screwed up those picks, or at 
best landed a flawed player with upside (like Kedrick).

I'd say that Kedrick is still the best defensive force 
out of that group, and that's probably good enough for 
me. At least he has genuine one-way upside, even if his 
offense needs an incredible amount of work.

So its Kedrick, Rodney Rogers and Delk plus the ECF with 
the 10th/11th pick. Not great, but let's not overkill 
here.

There are other and better reasons why Chris Wallace 
deserves to be on the hot seat. 





 
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