After last night's victory, Bobby Jackson, the Kings' tough-minded guard, said his team wasn't trying to prove its toughness.
In what will probably stand as his last major move, Walsh selected Iman Shumpert, a defensive-minded guard from Georgia Tech, with the 17th pick Thursday night.
But one American official said, "it's one more reason to give pause" when thinking about what could happen if a like-minded guard or scientist decided to make his point by seizing nuclear materials.
The problem is that the Heat need either a rim protector or a young, hopefully defensive-minded guard, and Melo is basically the opposite of both of these.
Since Steve Nash's departure to Phoenix in 2004, the Mavericks' offense has been run by Jason Terry and Devin Harris, two scoring-minded guards who were as likely to shoot as to pass.
He's more of an offensive-minded point guard".
Max Paulhus Gosselin, a defense-minded junior guard from Quebec, called the Davidson system "organized freedom".
Seattle could use a player who fits Postell's description, a defensive-minded shooting guard.
"We are very strong-minded individuals," guard Ray Allen told reporters in Los Angeles, where the Celtics were playing the Clippers.
Some observers were surprised when the Bucks traded Ray Allen for Payton at the trading deadline Feb. 20, forcing the scoring-minded point guard Cassell to share the ball in the backcourt.
The Ramblers coach sounded as if he wanted to kidnap Butler's versatile, tough-minded point guard, or maybe adopt him, as he contemplated Nored's numbers: 16 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 0 turnovers in the Bulldogs' 63-57 victory.
