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Subject: Re: what players from Illinois will be in NBA?

Author:
westside

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Date Posted: 19:21:47 10/25/03 Sat
In reply to: STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 's message, "Re: what players from Illinois will be in NBA?" on 06:42:53 10/18/03 Sat

>This is Pruitt's problem right here. People filling
>his head with NBA nonsense. It has gone to his head
>and he has not gotten any better and in fact has
>gotten worse as a player over the last couple of
>years. The injury excuse is not cutting it anymore.
>He'd better wake up and stop listening to these 2 or 3
>people who keep telling him he's a lottery pick in
>2008. If he doesn't get his act together, and get his
>mind right, he is going to be very disappointed when
>he goes to Illinois and never gets meaningful minutes.
>I don't think people who spend 3 years buried on a
>bench in college get taken in the lottery.
> He can dominate players in high school and
>especially his conference, but when he goes against
>players of equal or greater size, talent and ability
>he gets outplayed. It happened all spring and summer.
> No one in Illinois other than Shaun Livingston
>should have making the NBA as a priority in their
>mind. It's fine to have the NBA as a long-range goal
>in the back of your mind. It should not be at the top
>of the list for Pruitt. He should focus on staying
>healthy and actually doing something in high school.
>Then he needs to go to college and avoid being the
>13th man. When he has success in college then he can
>think about the NBA.
>The fact that he was recruited by all those big time
>schools is great, he should be proud. But realize you
>were their 3rd, 4th or even 5th choice in the end and
>many stopped recruiting you. That should tell you you
>are not a guarenteed lottery pick. Hopefully Pruitt is
>getting better advice than he gets from these few
>people on the net who insist on telling him how great
>he is. He could be great, but right now, he is not and
>is not even very good from what most people seem to
>have observed this year.
I agree totally

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Re: what players from Illinois will be in NBA?	GET IT STRAIGHT	20:52:00 10/26/03 Sun
Re: what players from Illinois will be in NBA? -- Why so angry?, 21:06:56 10/29/03 Wed