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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1417709, member: 289"] Supposedly the story on Why Chris McCullough was drafted ahead of Rakeem Christmas, who has obviously accomplished more in his career and if clearly a better player right now is that Christmas is 23 and has likely peaked while McCullough has a world of untapped potential. But keep in mind Christmas grew up in St. Croix and only came to Philadelphia at age 13. He was a baseball fan and his commitment to basketball was late. It's possible Chris McCullough has been playing serious, competitive basketball as long as Rakeem has. And Rakeem last year made one of the biggest leaps in performance we've ever seen here. Who can say if he's stopped developing? I'm not saying anything bad about Chris. I just don't think Rakeem is an "old" prospect, (imagine if he were a 23 year old baseball player), and I don't know that he's peaked yet. [/QUOTE]