Eddie House???

[Jeff White]

Jackie Manuel is an excellent defender and good teammate.  He did very
little offensively at UNC, though.

On 8/1/07, Peter Delevett <pdelevett at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> OK, he's a better-than-average three-point shooter.
> But his career FG percentage is under 41%, he's
> averaged well under 2 apg, AND he's a freakin' midget.
> This guy's really gonna be our backup PG?? How is he a
> better choice than Brevin Knight, or even Troy Hudson?
> You can't tell me Hudson wouldn't have signed for $1.2
> million.
>
> Meanwhile, the C's also have reportedly signed some
> guy named Jackie Manuel, a 6'5 guard out of North
> Carolina. Here's some bio:
>
> "Manuel was a tri-captain on the 2005 NCAA Champion
> North Carolina Tar Heels, and proved himself to be a
> hustling defensive player with unselfish passing
> abilities."
>
> I watch a fair amount of college ball and can't say
> I've ever heard of this kid. Apparently he was on the
> ACC All-Defensive Team his junior and senior years,
> which is nice. He played in the D-League last year but
> didn't crack the top 50 in points or assists, although
> he did average a steal a game. Whoo.
>
> DraftExpress calls him a poor man's Tony Allen, which
> might be OK as long as we're waiting for the real Tony
> Allen to come back. It's a heckuva step up from the
> D-League to the NBA, though. (Just found his college
> stats and they are very modest: 6 pts, 3 rebs, 2 ast,
> 1 steal as a senior, while shooting 56% from the
> floor. Does not appear to be a three-point shooter at
> all. Did he play in the frontcourt at UNC?)
>
> Looks like Ainge is trying to piece together our needs
> one specialist at a time. If I were Gabe Pruitt, I'd
> be packing my bags.
>
> http://www.nba.com/dleague/players/jackie_manuel.html
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