Re: Garth Joseph

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

This guy is huge, he is definitely a project but does get physical and sure
can take up some space, or nothing more than batter a person like Greg Kite
used to,  which can take its toll.  Reminds me of Andre the Giant !

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> From: Dave Wickerham <wickerhd@crisny.org>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Garth Joseph
> Date: Tuesday, July 01, 1997 8:50 AM
> 
> Here's an article from the Schenectady Gazette concerning the Celtics and
> Garth Joseph.  For those of you who don't know him, he was the guy that
all
> of tyhe TNT announcers said should have been drafted.  Don't know whether
> he'll turn out to be anything, but I'm impressed that the reason he is
with
> the Celtics is that they wanted to get started immediately while the rest
of
> the teams seemed to be taking a break.  Looks like we might have
> "workaholics" in the front office and on the Court.
> 
> ********************************************************
> 
>                             Celtics bring in Joseph
> 
> 
> By STEVE AMEDIO
> 
> Gazette Sportswriter
>  
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> 
> Former College of Saint Rose center Garth Joseph's quest to make the
> roster of an NBA team has begun with the 7-foot-2, 313-pound player
> participating in summer workouts with the Boston Celtics.  Members of the
> Celtics staff began working with Joseph Monday at the team's training
> headquarters at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.Joseph is one of
> several free agents participating in informal workoutswith the team.
> 
> "They're just having him work out there," said Joseph's Boston-based
agent,
> Frank Catapano. "They want to see how his ankle is, and give him an
> opportunity to do some work."  Catapano said the Celtics have no contract
> with Joseph, but are paying him expenses for as long as he stays with
them.
> "I have no answer for how long he'll be out there," Catapano said."We're
> just trying to see if we can work him into the Celtics' roster.  That's
the
> plan.  "It would seem like a good situation for them, because they
basically
> don't have any big men. Hopefully, we can work something out, but this is
> just a preliminary thing."
> Celtics officials did not return a phone call for comment, but one source
> said new head coach Rick Pitino requested the arrangement to get a better
> look at Joseph. Catapano said there's a chance the team could keep Joseph
> for its
> rookie camp, which begins on Sunday.  "That's a possibility," Catapano
said.
> "He could play some [in rookie camp scrimmages], but it would depend on
his
> ankle."  Joseph sprained an ankle at the NBA's pre-draft camp in Chicago
in
> early June.
> 
> Bad ankle hampers workouts
> 
> Since then, Joseph cut back on his daily workouts to allow the ankle to
> heal, but did play in a recreation league Upstate Summer Basketball
> Association game at Siena College Thursday, in which he scored 16 points
and
> had 14 rebounds.
> Joseph went unpicked in Wednesday's NBA two-round draft.  Since then,
> though, Saint Rose coach Brian Beaury said there has been strong interest
in
> the big center from numerous NBA teams.  The Utah Jazz, Atlantic Hawks,
> Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls
have
> also made calls about Joseph to either Beaury or Catapano since the
draft.
> 
> "One of the reasons he's in Boston is that they wanted him there
soonest,"
> Beaury said. "Every team that talked to us wanted to work with him, but
it
> was all next week, or whenever. The Celts wanted him there right away.''
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> wickerhd@govt.co.saratoga .ny.us
>