BigDaddyG wrote:CrushAlot wrote:When I think about Lance I think about the Rautins Fields draft. WTF was up with drafting Rautins. The guy wasn't supposed to be drafted, was old for the draft, and could have been signed as an undrafted free agent. Stephenson Fields in one draft changes the franchises fortunes if the Knicks are patient with Lance.
The only reasons I can come up with for drafting Rautins are he could hit the three and his dad played in Italy when the coach at the time did.
I agree about Rautins. But I honestly don't believe Lance would've thrived in NY. Too many distraction and there isn't a Larry Bird here to hold his hand. Maybe things would have been different if Phish were here at the time.
Artest (have to use his original name) said in a decent interview last year when we picked him up that he did not think he would have done as well if he had been drafted by the Knicks. As an older person, he could look back and see how he might have gotten sidetracked.
Stevenson would have had his hometown boys leeching on him and getting his mind off his job if he had stayed in New York. I assume that Indianapolis has changed since I lived there for a couple of years in the early 80's, but there is no comparison in terms of the respective distractions each city would put in the path of a young wealthy pro athlete, and that's not even taking into consideration his NYC roots.
He was lucky he didn't get drafted by the Knicks, IMO.
EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?