Sheldon Williams

[Bill Lee]

Wasn't there another guys the lost was talking about as a potential 
lottery pick from Europe?  A Senegalese player?  Is he still in the 
mix and worthy?

Bill

At 03:59 PM 5/5/2006, Mark Piotrowski wrote:
>My preference if we end up with the #7 pick is to try and use it to
>either (a) get a veteran big man (a la Jermaine O'Neal) or (b) rid
>ourselves of Raef's contract and get a lower pick where we could get
>a guy like Gene's boy Paul Millsap or Kyle Lowery...
>
>but if we keep our pick and if the draft were held today and the top
>6 picks went (in some order) as they're rumored:
>
>T Thomas
>Morrison
>Roy
>Gay
>Barganni
>Aldridge
>
>then my choice would come down to between Splitter and Williams.
>Williams sounds like another Ryan Gomes type -- a rock solid kid
>being doubted after a very good college career b/c he lacks the
>uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupside that some other guys do.
>
>Splitter intrigues me b/c he won't come over right away and has
>gotten rave reviews -- but the poster who wrote about his game on
>NBATV left me a little skittish.
>
>None of the remaining guards do much for me -- Carney, Marcus
>Williams, Foye, etc.
>
>(the other) mark