Re: possible draft day trade

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

Adonal Foyle at 4 !  No way !  I read a comment from one NBA scout stating
he would make Yinka Dare look like Wilt Chamberlain,  or something like
that.  Others who have seen him play say he is definitely a project.

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> From: Roy Enrile <renrile@qualcomm.com>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: possible draft day trade
> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 1997 4:29 PM
> 
> 
> If everything goes by the odds and the C's have 1 and 6,
> a trade I would really like is #6 + a current Celtic
> for Denver's #4(So we have a chance at Adonal Foyle).
> 
> This year, it's a 5 or 6 player draft(depending on if Tim Thomas
> can become as good as Garnett or as bad as Donyell Marshall).
> If we don't trade up to get ahead of Phili(#5), we'll probably miss out
> on Foyle.
> 
> Worst case:
> If we get the #3 pick instead of #1(chances favor one of those slots),
> and we miss the 2 best players in the draft(Duncan,Battie), then
> the draft will be a failure.  I'd happily give both picks to get
> Duncan at that point.
> 
> 
> P.S.  Chauncey is less athletic, and drives in traffic way less than
> most NBA point guards.  In the 2nd round, Victor Paige, and Alvin
> Williams(Villanova) have nearly as much talent.  
> 
>