RE: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #384

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

The best real big man still in college from last year that I recall was 
Michael Doleac from Utah.  He was physical and had a good touch.  Clark did 
not impress me and his legs are the skinniest I can recal seeing at the 
college level.Lafrentz is really a Christian Laettner type four.  Not a lot 
of real center potential available.

On Wednesday, December 03, 1997 2:06 AM, Peter Delevett 
[SMTP:pdelevett@nopg.com] wrote:
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> >Can they look forward to addressing this need through next year's draft, 
> >when there may be a lot of decent big guys available?  Should Chris
> >Wallace look to make a big run at his old pal Isaac Austin?
> I would love to see the C's get Austin, although realistically I doubt
> we'd be able to afford him after next year. Probably the draft is the way 
> to go -- and I think 'decent' is the best word in describing the crop of
> big men out there. Here's something I pulled off of ESPN sports zone
> during the last draft:
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> Projected lottery picks 1998: (I've only included big men here).
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>  1. Raef LaFrentz, Kansas 	Senior 	Power forward 	6-11 		
>  2. Loren Woods, Wake 	Sophomore	 Center 		 7-1		
> 5. Keon Clark, UNLV 	Senior 	Power forward 	6-11 		
>  6. Alexander Koul, GW	Senior 	 Center 		 7-1		
>  7. Todd MacCulloch, UW  Junior 	 Center		  7-0		
>  10. Brian Skinner, Baylor  Senior 	Center		 6-11 		
>  11. Brad Miller, Purdue 	 Senior 	Center		 6-11 		
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> They didnt even include Tim Young, a 7 footer at Stanford who is a sure
> first-rounder. The player that intrigues me most is Keon Clark --
> although I havent seen him play (he's currently suspended for the first
> part of the season, I think due to academic stuff). Skinner out of Baylor 
> is also supposed to be a BIG sleeper.
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>            Peter Delevett
>             Staff Writer
>      New Orleans CityBusiness
>          pdelevett@nopg.com
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