Sunday, April 18, 2004
The Two Second Thought
Traveling this weekend, hence the light posting.But a quick thought. How did the NBA scouts know Chauncey Billups was going to be a solid pro? Coming out of Colorado, his stats were good, not great. A bunch of other players had better numbers.
But the scouts said he was a player and the Celtics took him in the lottery. He had a few mediocre years in Boston and then a few more in Detroit, all the time getting playing time and hanging around the league -- before quickly maturing into a solid NBA guard.
How'd they know Billups was a pro -- and the countless other quality guards coming out of college are/were not?
