November 3, 2002 Page 2

RANDOM THOUGHTS (CONTINUED)
The Big O

Gooden is better than he showed tonight. Whether he was the right pick for this team (as opposed to say Caron Butler or DeJuan Wagner) remains to be seen. Seeing Drew play in college I thought he might be able to man the 3 in the L. I don't think that's the case though. And I don't see Gasol going anywhere, so what does Memphis do?

Speaking of Gasol, despite all the Nowitzki talk that surrounded him coming out, the guy he really reminds me of is Kevin McHale. He's got the same long arms and skinny frame and he is much more of a post player with a nice touch than the shooter Dirk is.

Of course, Pau has a long way to go in the polish department to really come close to what McHale did in the paint.

How many teams can have their center stand at the 3 point line and thread a pass to a PG right in front of the hoop and have that guard finish in traffic? Role reversal courtesy of BJax and Vlade.

Speaking of Vlade's passing, unintentional or not, Vlade's off the glass pass to Clark for the jam was phenomenal. Vince Carter has often said his best dunks come off bad passes. Sure seemed the case on that play.

Was that Peja Stojakovic getting funky with the crossover and stepback? And seeing him take it to the rack when the shot wasn't falling warms my soul.

For all intents and purposes, Gerald Wallace is just like a kid straight out of HS. His one year in Alabama he was misused as a post player, not given enough minutes, and put in a system that didn't suit his strengths. And to think Barkley thought he should have stayed in college another year and it would have been better for his development than being on the Kings. His improvement is amazing and fun to watch. Teams have to start guarding him from taking the 15-20 ft jumper and then he'll be exploding the rim even more often.

Question: Why wasn't Hido matched up on Gasol more? Clark did OK (although he was torched early on) but when he was out or guarding someone else, Fundy and Vlade were no match for him. And what was up with Vlade getting into it with Pau? It seemed very one-sided to me. Weird.

How many points did Bobby finish with? And of those, how many were from 2 feet following a cut and a pass from a teammate? Seemed like all of them. For one of our European friends, what happened to Antonio Fotsis? Not NBA ready? Or was there just more money overseas?

Finally, my most random thought of all: I've been home sick since Wednesday. I'd never seen it previously, but for anyone else who has seen that Good Day show on 31 that follows Good Morning Sacramento (the one with Jillian Barberie from the Fox NFL pregame show), is that the WORST program ever created? I watched it for almost half an hour because I couldn't believe the level of crappiness it reached.

Sorry, just got that stuck in my brain. So, how bout that Hido tonight? :)

 

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