Re: Pepper is no good!!!

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

I read that teams are selecting players only to renounce their rights as
Chicago did with Travis Knight.  One source expected Houston to do this
with Rodric Rhodes, their major reach in the first round.  It stated
Houston wanted Jason Lawson, but wanted him to spend a year in Europe ,
kind of a triple A, he wasn't interested.  This wouldn't be a bad time for
the NBA to form some sort of relationship with the CBA as a farm system,
which is what it serves as now in some ways.  It would help bring
basketball to some smaller markets.  Minor league baseball has boomed in
So. California as a cheap form of family entertainment.




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> From: Jaime <jaims@philonline.com.ph>
> To: CELTICS <celtics@igtc.COM>
> Subject: Pepper is no good!!!
> Date: Sunday, June 29, 1997 8:42 PM
> 
> Hi, guys.  I've been watching a lot of ESPN here in Asia.  And they've
> been showing the Australian 22 under team goin against the NCAA champ,
> the Arizona Wildcats.  It's a three game series which the Australian won
> due to immense height advantage.  Though the wildcats get to win a
> game.  
> 
> Anyways, I got to see Benjamin Pepper play and he is sooooooo soft and
> he really sucked big time.  He may be over 7 feet but he is really
> skinny and gets bumped and tossed around alot and there was a time when
> Miles Simon even dunked in his face!!!  Pepper couldn't even catch the
> ball right; rebound against smaller players (AJ Brantley, Davison,
> Harris, Simon and even Bibby!!! are some that kicked his ass during the
> tournament); couldn't shoot well at point blank range; and embarassingly
> get blocked by smaller centers and get dunked on by GUARDS!!!of the
> opposing teams.  If the Celtics are really considering to take him in
> then he would make Szabo or Hamer look like Hakeem or Pat Ewing!  It
> really dissapointed me to see a draft pick get wasted.  Why didn't we
> just get the best talent available instead of having to fill a need but
> unsure about the skill and talents of the player?  I see this as a bad
> move by whoever's in charge (wallace?) of choosing.  Willoughby, Seals,
> Awojobi, and Freeman are better choices coz they have better talents and
> credentials.  We should just consider getting or filling up the center
> need thru free agency.  Don't you think?  
> 
> Well, I hope I get to supply some info about Pepper (unfortunately,
> discouraging ones).  Comments and opinions would be very much
> appreciated...thanks.