Charlotte is going to be posterized as a team, but they have some young talent to build on and several future drafts to build with when they get top draft picks.
For now, yuck.
Okefor may not be that great a pro, but decent. I keep thinking of Larry Johnson. Howard is likely an above average talent - in the future. But since he is not on Charlotte, we can just shove that little issue to the side.
Gerald Wallace, I have heard, lightened up the home crowd in their first pre-season game. He did the same in Sacramento the few times he played. He can score and he can do a flying dunk like the best of them. He also can be incredibly active around the basket on offense.
So why was he left available by the Kings so Charlotte could select him? Thought you would never ask.
What you see apparently is all you can ever expect from him. Offensive or defensive game plans and strategies go in one ear and out the other. The pro game, especially the Kings's style of game, is predicated on all five members on the court moving in the offense together and working as a unit together on defense, though Gerald was hardly out of place with the rest of the Kings on defense.
He can be amazing athletically - a real crowd pleaser. So was(is) JWill. But they shared one annoying characteristic, a rather pronounced inability to be coached. As Williams matured, he got better, but you also almost never hear about him any more.
I also heard that when he was out and about with his teammates around SacTown, Gerald, um, never, like, offered to pay for anything, and he never, not even a dime, tipped anybody. Sure, he had less cash then his richer teammates, like, Webber, who is an extremely generous tipper, but I am talking never even carrying any money or have a wallet with him. :puke:
