Wallace is a big-time talent, said Lynam, who was impressed with the workout of the former North Carolina standout. He has talent, size, runs the floor, can jump and is a gifted passer. He’s probably more suited at (power forward) than center. But he’s versatile and a very good basketball player.
June 27, 1995
If the Sixers pick hometown player Wallace, that could leave the Bullets with McDyess. At 6-9 and 220 pounds, McDyess was relatively unknown until the NCAA tournament, when he had two solid early-round games for Alabama at the Baltimore Arena. That one of those efforts39 points, 19 reboundscame against Penn has done nothing to sour teams on his obvious physical ability.
McDyess, a tremendous leaper who’s expected to be strictly a power forward, impressed the Bullets with his range.
He can shoot the ball, Bullets general manager John Nash said. The important thing for the guy who will play with Chris and Juwan is his ability to make a shot.
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Joe Smith was a better perimeter shooter than we anticipated, and so was Rasheed, Nash said. McDyess’ range wasn’t as deep. But he has a nice shot.
The Bullets would like to have a shot at an explosive player such as North Carolina’s Stackhouse, who can play shooting guard and small forward. But Stackhouse, 6-6, 218 pounds, isn’t expected to fall below the top two spots.
I thought Stackhouse had a good workout with us, Nash said. He shot (41.1 percent) in three-pointers and improved his range.
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