Re: Painful

[jwt2@lehigh.edu (jwt2@lehigh.edu)]

>I agree with Matt.  I like Pierce as well and I also like LaFrentz.  Jamison
>is very quick a tenacious college rebounder, but he is undersized (6'8" at best
),
>cannot shoot outside 3 ft and cannot handle the ball.  The Az players are hard
to
>evaluate as Matt points out.  Are you looking at the players who won the NCAA o
r
>the ones who finished 5th in the Pac 10?  So far, Vince Carter is more hype tha
n
>substance.  I much prefer Matt Harpring who can shoot, handle, pass, and reboun
d
>(for a small forward).
>
>Does someone have more of a feel for the WAC players because I do not.
>
>Fred

I think that Pierce would be a good fit with the system, but I think that
LaFrentz fits the halfcourt-offense better than he fits the style that
Pitino plays.  This year will tell all about whether or not the AZ players are
for real.  Personally i think that Bibby is, and that by the end of the season
he will be a top 5 player on all the draft lists.  Carter is talented, but
also very inconsistent.  I wouldn't touch him based uopn what he's shown me so
far...he needs a stellar year this year.

I'm a big Georgia Tech fan and i like Harpring also.  He is very skilled, and
the only real knock on him is that he's slightly small for an NBA small forward
(6-7 is what he's listed as), and not quick enough off the dribble to be a
shooting guard.  Nevertheless, he's shown that he can score, even with the
double and triple teams that he was seeing last season due to the fact that
Tech really didn't have another bonafied scorer on last years team.  This year
i think he will flourish now that Tech recruited Dion Glover, who will take
some of the scoring pressure off of Harpring.

I know a little about the WAC players so if you want to know something about
someone ask away and i'll try to help.


Jeff