Re: Pepper is no good!!!

["Jeff Tepper" <jaytee@itasoft.com>]

Sorry, I mistakingly sent this before it was finished. I'll continue it
where i had the unended sentance...

> The only reason why the celtics took Ben Pepper is to have the rights to
> him if he ever becomes good enough to play in the NBA.  He's still young
> and has time to get better.  For all we know this guy could turn into a
> decent center in 5 years, and if that happens then we will have his
> exclusive NBA rights.  This is the reason a lot of teams took young
foreign
> players in the second round.  If he never turns into anything then all we
> lose is the second round pick we used to get him, which wouldn't have
been
> worth much anyway.  With a pick that low it's doubtful that any college
> player we would have been able to get would have been good enough to make
> the team.  We could have taken Seals, Freeman, or Willoughby, but we have
> enough shooting guards on the team already, and the fact that no other
team
> drafted them suggests that they don't have the game to play in the NBA
> anyway.  All the teams have numerous scouts that know the game, and none 
of them thought that these guys were worth taking even with a low second
round pick.  They were good college players but that doesn't necessarily
mean they will also be good NBA players.

> They invited Awujobi to the rookie/free agent camp so if he has a good
> enough showing then we can sign him anyway.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> ----------
> > From: Jaime <jaims@philonline.com.ph>
> > To: CELTICS <celtics@igtc.COM>
> > Subject: Pepper is no good!!!
> > Date: Sunday, June 29, 1997 11:42 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.