truebluepistons.blogspot.com - 6/27/2008
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A 6-foot-9 small forward who handles the ball unusually well for his size, a nice shooting touch and a terrific sense of how basketball should be played. We could just as easily be describing Tayshaun Prince instead of the newest Piston, Walter Sharpe, right? But let’s not carry the analogy too far. Sharpe’s college career consisted of 18 games, or roughly half of one of the four seasons ...
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Walter Sharpe played 40 games in college, not 18
Detroit Bad Boys —
... Keith Langlois has a decent article about Walter Sharpe over at True Blue Pistons. Unfortunately, he also made the same mistake I’ve seen just about everybody make when talking about Sharpe: ...
Detroit Pistons' eager to test Sharpe and make him a Piston
Full-Court Press —
Scott Perry, Piston vice president, and George David, personnel director, talk about the NBA draft and what the Pistons think of their draft picks. June 27, True Blue Piston: Yet if all goes well this summer, the Pistons could enter August with Sharpe entrenched as the backup to Prince at small forward if Joe Dumars' intended roster makeover spares his incumbent small forward. "I think we're going to find out," personnel director George David said Friday morning after the Pistons traded out of the No. 29 pick in Thursday's draft, picking up second-rounders at 32 and 46 overall ...
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Haven't been able to substantiate this morning's rumor that the Wiz (18) and Rockets (25) want to swap picks but from the chatting I've done, it's clear that Ernie Grunfeld is open to moving down into the later part of the first round if he can find a ...
