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madape · 06-10-2003, 02:43 PM

Skita is going to be a hell of a player. I don't know what your point is here. Are you posting this article to point out how "wrong" these scouts were about Nikoli? Well, read again. Did you read that five year quote? Well, five years is a hell of a lot longer than one. The man is only 18 years old. He didn't even play against big time competition in Europe before he came over. What do you expect out of a guy like that? No one who follows the game thought he'd break into the regular rotation last year, much less be an all star. If you remember, Dirk didn't set the world on fire when he was 18 years old either. When teams pick 18 year olds, they know they are raw. They know it will take time for them to develop into a player. Skita is still learning the game. He's still a seven foot tall atheltic freak of nature. He's going to be a star.

Maybe I should bump this thread up in a couple of years without comment to make a point - a point that short sighted fools often wind up eating their own shit.

06-10-2003, 02:43 PM	#2
madape Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 5,913	RE: "Europe's Next Big Thing" Skita is going to be a hell of a player. I don't know what your point is here. Are you posting this article to point out how "wrong" these scouts were about Nikoli? Well, read again. Did you read that five year quote? Well, five years is a hell of a lot longer than one. The man is only 18 years old. He didn't even play against big time competition in Europe before he came over. What do you expect out of a guy like that? No one who follows the game thought he'd break into the regular rotation last year, much less be an all star. If you remember, Dirk didn't set the world on fire when he was 18 years old either. When teams pick 18 year olds, they know they are raw. They know it will take time for them to develop into a player. Skita is still learning the game. He's still a seven foot tall atheltic freak of nature. He's going to be a star. Maybe I should bump this thread up in a couple of years without comment to make a point - a point that short sighted fools often wind up eating their own shit.