Re: I think the C's take Foyle at #3

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

No way Foyle is a big reach at 3.  Mercer is the big athletic, scoring 2 we
need.  Hey it Philly takes Battie at 2, this reminds me of another Draft:

Houston -Olajuwan
Portland -Bowie lean center
Chicago - Some sophomore from a Carolina school with a top notch coach &
program.



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> From: Chris Littlefield <chrisl@mjr.com>
> To: Celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: I think the C's take Foyle at #3
> Date: Monday, May 19, 1997 6:41 AM
> 
> Random thoughts...
> 
> My biggest fear, that goddamn Philly would get Duncan, didn't happen.
> There is some justice.  If mo-fo Philly had gotten Duncan I would have
been
> more than pissed off.
> 
> No way the Spurs give up Duncan.  That team, healthy with Duncan, wins
the
> championship next year.
> 
> The Sixers, like the C's, need a center more than anything else.  Let's
be
> real here.  There may be major shakeups/breakups at Philly (Stack, DC),
but
> right now I think they have to go with Battie at #2, even though Battie
is
> really a pf, not a center.  He is 6'11", and height is height is height.
> 
> No way we take Mercer at #3.  As we've seen, the All 6'6"-6'9" Lineup has
> not proven to be that successful.
> 
> Given the draft order as it stands now, I see it going down this way:
> 
> Duncan
> Battie (barring a trade)
> Foyle (must have size, Pitino THE teacher)
> Mercer (Van Horn and Thomas same profile as Abdur-Rahim)
> Van Horn (Local product from WAC)
> ???
> 
> Given the above, at 6 here are a couple options that I can think of:
> 
> 1) Draft Billups, sign Wesley, play both, sort of a poor man's Kidd/KJ
> backcourt.
> 
> 2) Draft Billups, trade to Denver + something for Van Horn, ala
> Minn/Milwaukee with Marbury/Allen last year.
> 
> 3) Engineer two mid-1st rounders.  One conceivable way is to trade #6
and,
> let's say Dee Brown, to Cleveland for their picks, 13 and 16, see if we
can
> pick up Knight and Anderson.
> 
> You cannot draft small unless one and hopefully two of
Barros/Brown/Wesley
> are gone.
> 
> I like Van Horn a LOT.  I think he will be a player.  My one worry is
that
> his presence might overload the forward spots.
> 
> Foyle's stats: '96-'97
> 28 games, 37.6 minutes/game
> 24.4 ppg, 13.1 rpg, 1.9 apg, 6.2 B(LOCKS)pg
> 4 topg, 2.1 fouls pg.
> 
> Dare never had #'s like that.  Dare didn't have a 3.7 gpa at Colgate
> either.  Foyle's smart, he's got a better _center's_ body than Duncan,
> supposedly a great work ethic and he's played 2 years less basketball
than
> Duncan.  I do not think he will be the _worst_ option.  Wait a couple
> years.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
>