Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #386

[michael t hart <thart@henge1.henge.com>]

i dont think people expect him to be an all-star, but they do expect him to
not be horrible.

Peter Delevett wrote:

> >From: Justin Toney <jtoney@erols.com>
> >Subject: Re: Billups
> >
> >How much time do you propose to give him?  This entire season? 2 years 3
> >years.  Where should the Celtics draw the line and say "Ok this isn't
> >going to work out."
>
> Of course a 20 year old rookie should be given AT LEAST an entire season
> to adjust to the NBA. It amazes me that you seem to think this is an
> unreasobaly long time. If the kid's not ready to suit up for the all-star
> game after one month, let's ship him off, right?
>
>
>            Peter Delevett
>             Staff Writer
>      New Orleans CityBusiness
>          pdelevett@nopg.com
>
>