Re: Stay patient with Kedrick

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

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> For every 
> good defensive play you can site, I can show you three 
where he got back 
> doored, didn't bother to fight through picks, didn't 
get out on a shooter, 
> missed his defensive rotation or stood rooted to the 
court on a rebound.  

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Hi Tammo:

You do seem to record and re-watch a bunch of games, so 
I'll happily take your word for it. I'm a bit surprised 
though.

I honestly think he would have averaged 1.7 ppg in Juco 
if he was as unassertive as he is now. He's really lost 
the killer instinct. 

It could be temporary. I honestly believe he still has a 
few remaining "excuses" for holding back (three legit 
injury setbacks, a deep rotation last year behind Pierce, 
his age compared to Moiso or Jefferson).

FWIW, the Maurer scouting report out of Okaloosa says, in 
part: "Can create shots for himself off the dribble 
doesn't really need a point guard to set him up".

So at some point in his career, he was dribbling the ball 
pretty assertively to get his 22.9 ppg (unless Maurer is 
on the take, which I suppose is possible). He wasn't just 
scoring on putbacks.

Treat Kedrick's JC stats anyway you wish, you won't get 
any complaints from me. But note he was also a 40% 
shooter on treys (as opposed to closer to 0% now) and in 
his best season dished out 3.7 assists to 1.8 turnovers. 
A lot of pure point guards don't even do that in HS or 
college. Thoe numbers aren't typical of a "clueless" 
player. 

There's no reason why Kedrick shouldn't handle the ball 
more. 

Bremer's doing it. Kedrick should too.

Once he finds out that he belongs, he's going to suddenly 
look like a much more assertive and explosive player, I'd 
wager. 

Of course, that might not happen until he's reached the 
washed up age of 22 and actually had a full 82 games of 
healthy NBA games under his belt. Presumably, that "slow" 
rate of development will be unprecedented in the history 
of the NBA.

Its probably true he's running out of excuses. Its 
definitely true his numbers are atrocious.

But we all saw him make unique plays the last week. 

I'm not sure what Chris Wallace plans to do, but I 
wouldn't bet against Kedrick just yet.

If he ever does come out of his shell, I'm not going to 
accuse you guys of writing him off prematurely. I know we 
all want him to succeed, even more than we want to beat 
up on Chris Wallace for drafting him. 

And its absolutely accurate to state there's a lot of 
rose shades on, when you consider his paltry stats so far.

Joe H.

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