I hate Candied Yams too

[Kim Malo]

At 02:10 PM 10/4/2006, Pereira, Jorge M wrote:
>If you say he plays 6'11", almost 7', I trust your judgment.  I still
>think he looks and plays shorter. But I didn't think Perk would ever be
>what he is today either. My point though, and the original argument is
>that for this particular season we may be able to wake up Kandi to a
>level where he can be very useful and Jones is miles away if ever. I'm
>sure in his long career Kandi has done "something" or he wouldn't be
>around for so long. To me he seems to be just a perfect situation away
>from contributing largely.  And the situation may just be our lack of
>what he provides.


Fair enough. Although FWIW, I said he actually *is* that height. No 
reference to how he plays - i.e. bigger or smaller than he is. I 
think he plays his height. And what might have fooled you BTW might 
be that he isn't exactly a big bulky bull, which is what most tend to 
associate with quality shot blocking and rebounding.

I guess I just don't see why you have such optimism about Kandi. I 
think the reasons he he was around so long is that a) he's big and 
that's like being left handed in baseball - that alone cuts you more 
slack, b) he isn't a cancerous attitude problem, so he's safe to fill 
out a bench with, while c) there's enough athleticism there to be 
optimistic if you insist on being so despite all experience with him. 
But if our situation was going to matter so much to him then why 
didn't he at least put out effort all the time he was on the floor 
last season at the end of his contract. Because he certainly did a 
lot of the same old loafing interspersed with the same sort of 
occasional effort that got him drafted, from what I saw. Which is 
also exactly what his reputation was, making it even less likely to 
change. I just don't see any reason for optimism with him. If we end 
up signing him, I just really hope you're the one who's right and I'm wrong.
Kim