Jackie Manuel?

[Steve Ouellette]

Where are we getting this news by the way? I find it hard to believe they'd be using a roster spot on Jackie Manuel; a training camp invite seems more likely. Maybe could be a Renaldo Balkman type, but obviously he's lacking some skills.

Steve O

---- Jeff White <jwhite128 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 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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