From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Reggie Lewis (was Re: 2nd Dream Team)
Date: 21 Jul 92 13:30:45 GMT
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In article <1992Jul20.220205.728@leela.cs.orst.edu> chrisda@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (David Christensen) writes:
>In article <1992Jul17.144406.16447@uvmark.uucp> davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks) writes:
>>
>>In defense of Lewis, as an off-guard/small forward (mostly off-guard), he
>>averages 50%+ from the field, scored 20.8ppg, pulled down 4.8rpg, and had
>>2.3apg.  He also led his team in steals and blocked shots.  When compared
>>to other players, especially other 2 guards, there are not too many who had
>>a better season than Lewis.  Jordan, sure.. Drexler, ok...  but after that???
>>
>
>Ok... How about Jeff Hornacek?  Reggie Miller.  Mitch Richmond.  Sarunas 
>Marciulionis, Joe Dumars, Jeff Malone, Hersey Hawkins.  Is Lewis better than
>all these guys?  I doubt it seriously.
	   PPG  FG%   RPG APG Steals Blks Comments
Lewis      20.8 50.3  4.8 2.3 125    105  Tough defender, automatic scorer
Hornacek   20.1 51.2  5.0 5.1 158    31   Very close call
Miller     20.7 50.1  3.9 3.8 105    26   Not quite
Richmond   22.5 46.8  4.0 5.1  92    34   Not quite
Sarunas    18.9 53.8  2.9 3.4 116    10   Nope
Dumars     19.9 44.8  2.3 4.6  71    12   Nope
Malone     20.2 51.1  2.9 2.2  56     5   Nope
Hawkins    19.0 46.2  3.3 3.1 157    43   Nope
>
>I think Lewis is very good, and he belongs in this group.  But I don't see
>him as quite the scoring threat that most of these guys are.

Lewis has the second highest scoring average of the group, and that is
as the teams 2nd option for a good part of the season(when Bird was in).
He was the 2nd best rebounder in the group, and the 3rd best at steals,
while having a huge number of blocked shots as well.  He isn't a great passer,
and his assist totals show it, but he is also not the player that is 
expected to pass, as the PGcommittee and Bird usually handle those duties,
whereas some of the others, like Horny, Dumars, Richmond, and Hawkins are
either their teams 1st or 2nd passer.  As for scoring, I would put him
at the top of the list with Horny as best all around scorer.  Miller has
more range, Malone is a specialist (the awkward fallaway), Sarunas is good
for driving and getting fouled, etc.. but Lewis drives well, shots from 
outside well, and creates his own offense.  
In rebounding, Lewis was the 2nd high on this list, and did so on a team that
had 3 other players who averaged 7+ rpg, the only player on the list to
do so.  Hornacek, Miller, Sarunas, and Richmond all play on "rebound by 
committee" type teams, with no real standout rebounders, so they get more
because of that..  I don't see any other player on the list as more of a
scoring threat either.
>
>Is he really a tough defender?  Drexler scored on him all day as I recall.  Or
>was that just one game and Lewis really shuts down Hawkins, Dumars, Petro, MJ,
>etc when he plays them?
>And does he really block more shots than Parish?  C'mon...

Well, few people "shut down" the NBA tops players anymore, and Lewis is
seldom "shut down" either, but Lewis is very good at keeping a player in 
check.   And, by  they way, yes, he blocked more shots than Parish
(Parish had 97, Lewis 105)
>*** 
>David Christensen
>
>
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