Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #149

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

If Pitino is interested in Taylor, what does that mean for Williams ?

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> From: Jeff Tepper <jaytee@itasoft.com>
> To: Celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #149
> Date: Thursday, May 15, 1997 2:53 AM
> 
> 
> > Date: 14 May 97 14:27:47 -0700
> > From: "SKMISHRA.US.ORACLE.COM" <SKMISHRA@us.oracle.com>
> > Subject: Maurice Taylor
> > 
> > The Globe reports that the first player called for workout is
Michigan's 
> > Maurice Taylor. Does anybody have a scouting report on this guy..all I
> know =
> > is 
> > that he is 6'8-1/2", 245 lbs and is ranked #19th by Leventhal. - Mishra
> 
> I hope they aren't thinking of taking him with their first round picks,
> because he's not worth it.  In my opinion, Taylor can do the same type of
> things that Keith Van Horn can, but Van Horn is a much better overall
> prospect.  I don't think that Taylor will be much more of a player than
> Eric Williams is, and I don't think he will be as good as Walker is
either,
> so to take Taylor with both of those guys on the same team doesn't make
> sense.
> 
>
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> > Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:17:54 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Steskiles@aol.com
> > Subject: New Member
> > 
> > Hey Everybody,
> > 
> > I''m a new subscriber, and I'm an out of towner.  In fact, I'm a
> long-time
> > green-bleeding Celtic Fan who's never been to Boston. 
> > 
> > I'm from St. Louis....now working in Green Bay. I'm counting on you
guys
> to
> > keep me informed as to Pitino's re-birth of Celtic Pride.
> > 
> > So....I noticed some Chauncey chatter. Here's the deal (in my opinion):

> >   Chauncey IS the reason Colorado made it to the Tournament. He's a
> quality
> > point guard, who, is not NECESSARILY ready for the NBA. He's a great
> > jump-shooter who can drive when necessary. But...when you compare him
to
> > recent point guards who have left college after their freshman or
> sophomore
> > years (Iverson, Marbury), Billups is not yet in that league.
> 
> I agree, i don't think any point guard available this year is the same
type
> of prospect that Iverson and Marbury were.  Billups is more of a combo
> guard than a pure point, so he could be a good pick to start at shooting
> guard and then play some point when Wesley is on the Bench (assuming they
> keep Wesley)
>  
> >   I think he would have been wise to spend one more year at Colorado
and
> > develop a more all-around game. I'm not saying that he won't develop
into
> a
> > great NBA point guard, but the key word there is DEVELOP.  
> 
> Well, you can always make a case that a player should come out if he's
> going to be a lottery pick.  Nowadays with the NBA taking raw players,
the
> NBA teams are going to develop them themselves instead of letting them
> develop in college.  If you're Billups, are you going to stay at college
> and develop against lesser competition for nothing, or would you go to
the
> NBA and develop against better players for 2-3 million a year?
>  
> >   Without a question, the best offensive point guard in the draft is
> Brevin
> > Knight. 
> 
> Probably true, but he's not nearly as good as Iverson or Marbury.  If
he's
> the best out there then that says to me that it's a weak year for point
> guards.  I think that a good plan for the celtics is to go big with both
> first round picks, and get a guy like Andre Woolridge or Kiwane Garris
with
> the second round pick.  The higher ranked point guards aren't THAT much
> better than someone they could get with the high second round pick, and
> certainly not worth wasting a #1 or #6 pick on unless they take a guy
like
> Billups who can play both guard positions.
> 
> >   And...if the unthinkable should happen, and the Celtics can't get
> Duncan. I
> > think Kelvin Cato deserves strong consideration.
> 
> I agree.  I think if you can't get Duncan, then Battie and Cato are the
> next best things, with Foyle closely behing those two.
> 
>