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Basketball

ProfessorGAC

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2. Not Much To Remember

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 3, 2023, 07:30 PM

Aug 2023

He had limited skills & a mediocre basketball IQ. He averaged 19 minutes a game scoring 7 points and 3 rebounds. Less than one rebound every 6 minutes, at 6'6". Couldn't shoot either.
If he wasn't a leaper (considered potential), he'd never have been in the NBA.
He was "just ok" at Louisville, so him not succeeding at the highest level shouldn't shock anybody.
He had a reputation for being lazy, which might be why he never got better than he was as a sophomore in college.
I remember a lot of experts being shocked when he got picked that high in the draft.

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Don't remember him. This guy played everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE underpants Aug 2023 #1

Not Much To Remember ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #2