Re: Clarification on Hunter

[Kim Malo <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:40 AM 7/22/2003 -0700, gene kirkpatrick wrote:
> So, what's the deal with Bremer?  I hope the first game (28 points) was 
> the real Bremer and that he was out of shape (which I doubt)

Didn't look it to me. He's bulky anyway - very chesty with muscular arms- 
but muscle bulk not fat.

>  or pressed by the loss of time to Banks, or just over-confident after a 
> good first outing and blew it.  But he blew it in 4 consecutive games 
> afterward.  I like him, his toughness, his ability to score--but I can't 
> say he's as important as last year.

I think that's part of the problem - confusion about his role/status. On 
top of the ups and downs of last season - they haven't picked up his option 
yet, they've brought in someone else to be the young PG in training, his 
shot was off (it was streaky last season) so he wasn't even contributing as 
a 2, and Marcus is quicker and just as persistent as a defender. He's 
probably had a jolt to his confidence defending the much quicker Marcus in 
practice too. Last year's summer league he came in knowing exactly what 
they wanted and what he had to do - convince them he could play PG - with 
basically the not ready for prime time Omar and Forte for competition. This 
one? "They've seen me playing the PG but they publicly slot me as a 2 then 
play me at the PG as a sub for everyone's new favorite, so what do they 
really want from me, and about that contract...." Tough kid, so I think 
he'll get over it - someone made what I thought a really good comparison to 
David Wesley during the season and there were plenty of similar questions 
about David in his first couple of years - just maybe not with us. 
Especially if we bring in a veteran PG. 'Cause Delk's under contract for a 
couple of years and not going anywhere, and that's the other slot even 
though he's not a PG either (and even less of one than JR).

Kim