Krauser worked out for the NY Knicks.
Krauser can’t be Marbury because “he’s more of a scorer and more athletic than I am,” he says with a sigh. “But,” he lights up, “my game is to create, setting the other guys up, find them in the right spots. Making everybody better, be a real team-first point guard — there’s always a need for a guy who does those types of things. And I LOVE to play defense.” Anyone who’s ever seen Krauser’s nail-chewing Pittsburgh teams tackle (and we mean that quite literally) Big East opponents over the past few years can attest to the painful truth of that.
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“Tell all the Knick fans that if I end up playing for the team I’m going to make them so-o-o-o-o happy it’ll be unbelievable,” claims Krauser who stars as “Black Magic” in Harlem’s Rucker League every summer. “There’s going to be only one person even happier than the fans: that will be me.”
Sounds like he’s not coming back. Krauser was happy to finally meet Isiah Thomas.
Coach Jamie Dixon waxes philosophical about waiting until Tuesday to find out whether Krauser is coming back.
Said Pitt coach and former TCU player Jamie Dixon: “You can’t fight it, you have to embrace it. Going early into the draft is construed as being a bad thing. But you want kids who want to strive to be the best.
“There’s always a degree of uncertainty when you’re talking about players injured or becoming ineligible. The NBA Draft gets a lot of publicity, and it’s just something you have to deal with. There’s not much you can do about it as a college coach.”
Wake Forest Coach Skip Prosser, though, whines about the amount of time the player has to decide.
“The process is way too elongated,” said Prosser, whose team lost point guard Chris Paul but will retain center Eric Williams, who declared and then withdrew his name. “I think kids should have to make their decisions earlier, but I understand it’s a life-altering decision. But for a coach, the uncertainty is the worst part.”
When these same coaches are willing to have their negotiating windows limited and have their opportunities to capitalize on their success restrained, then maybe they can throw those stones.
