Thanks for answering WaPo’s Michael Lee
With the Wizard's opener tonight, I was pumped up enough to drop by the online chat the WaPo had with Ivan Carter and Michael Lee. I asked a question and Lee was kind enough to answer:
19th and L St: In the SI preview mag they listed the young, fast PGs (Hinrich, Telfair, Paul, etc.) but didn't mention Arenas? What's with the lack of love?
Michael Lee: I thought that Gilbert was getting overlooked when I first looked at the magazine, then I realized they were talking about the fast set-up men. Now, Gilbert is fast but he doesn't play the same as Bassy Telfair, Chris Paul, Kirk Hinrich or T.J. Ford. Gilbert is better creating his own shot and breaking his man off the dribble and getting to the basket. Gilbert is a scoring point guard, like Iverson without the (visible) tats. Those other guys are pass-first guards (although I was a bit baffled to see Nate Robinson make that list. I don't know what he is yet, beside the 14-attempt slam dunk champ).
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