Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #387

[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

Ainge summarized this whole debate well when he said something like,
"you want big, and you want talent, but most of all you want big talent."
Of course, all other things equal, big is better, but other things are 
rarely equal. When the big player has all the skills too, the sky's the
limit.

Certainly it hasn't been established that Joe Smith is an all-star type
player so regardless of his size, I wouldn't be surprised to see him go 
for a top guard.

Alex

> >One more thing to whoever said size = talent in a
> >PG, what about Damon Stoudamire, Nick Van Exel, Kenny Anderson, Allen
> >Iverson, Stephon Marbury or even John Stockton.  All these players are 6'1
> >or under and all are at the top in the league
> I never said size = talent. That's ridiculous. I did say that I doubted 
> Golden State would trade a 6'10 PF straight up for a 6'2 PG. such trades 
> do happen, (e.g. Bryant for Divac) but rarely (Milwaukee made Cleveland 
> throw in Hill with Brandon in exchange for Baker). And I said that given 
> the choice between a starting backcourt of, say, Barros & Brown, or one 
> of players Billups & Minor's size, I would go for the bigger guards, all 
> other things being equal.
> 
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>            Peter Delevett             
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