Bringing Rain doesn’t guarantee NBA Fame

As I celebrated my college graduation this afternoon, the movie “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was airing…starring J.J. Redick.The Blue Devil senior simply annihilated the #2 ranked Longhorns, scoring a career high 41 points. And the marksman that is he [Redick] scored 27 the only way he know best, shooting from behind the arc.

He connected on nine three balls, which too is a career best.

That isn’t anything surprising.  Many fans who go to a Duke game regularly come equipped with an umbrella because of the rain that Redick brings; wetting his shots like a typhoon.

But does wetness guarantee NBA greatness?  Better still, does it even guarantee a NBA career at all?

Watching Redick’s game closely, you would have to ask yourself can he really succeed in the Association?  He’s not known for his defensive prowless (Dockery is the shut-down guy on the perimeter), he shoots more than pass (Paulus’s job), and when he does drive the lane, he’s looking for the automatic freebie from the line than really creating anything.

The biggest question mark is what position could he play in the Association.  

Guard? Nash, Marbury, Billups, Arenas, Parker, Kidd, Bryant, Iverson.  Need I say more?

The three? James, Pierce, Anthony, Artest, Prince.  Need I say more?

No body can’t deny his great free throw shooting nor his pureness from long range.  So it would be idiotic for me to believe that he won’t be in the league, just don’t expect special things from him.  

Think Steve Kerr.