Re: Thread
on the issue of "should they go to college," i speak from experience as a fan of a team (the celtics) who have four heralded high-school to pro players:
al jefferson, sebastian telfair, gerald green, and kendrick perkins.
i think perkins is naturally limited by the fact that he's fairly uncoordinated and not that quick, but i think he will have a nazr mohammed type career. (backup center on good team, starter on a bad team).
jefferson, green, and telfair are all HIGHLY skilled/quick players, and all three of them would have benefitted from college.
jefferson is way too eager to block shots, as opposed to just playing defense and moving his feet. he also has no idea how to seal his man on the offensive end of the floor.
green does not move without the basketball. period. he also is beyond lost defensively, and struggles to do basic things like rotate his vision between ball and man.
telfair has an excellent handle, and he passes very crisply, i just doubt his ability to run a complex offense. in high school he was a scoring point guard because he was so much better than everyone else, and had he gone to a year of college under coach pitino i think he would be a better player than he is now, as well as a top 5 pick in the past draft.
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12-08-2006, 01:02 AM
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