Re: Draft

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

You didn't convince me that taking McGrady was a bad idea.  You say that
he's coming right out of high school and "most players that do aren't
good".  Who exactly are you talking about?  Moses Malone never went to
college and look at what he did.  Kevin Garnett made the jump and he's an
all star in his second season.  You can't use O'Neal and Bryant as examples
because they've only had one year in the league and it's too early to tell
if they will be sucessful or not.  For all that we know, they could both
develop into all stars over the next couple of years.  It's going to take a
couple of years (i'm guessing it will take at least three) before the
celtics become serious contenders, so McGrady (or whoever we take) will
have enough time to develop his game.  


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> From: Nault <rnault@ptialaska.net>
> To: Jeff Tepper <jaytee@itasoft.com>
> Cc: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Draft
> Date: Tuesday, May 20, 1997 11:16 AM
> 
> I don't know a whole lot about McGrady, but I do know that he is coming
out
> of high school and most players that do that aren't good.  Take into
> consideration Jermaine O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. I think players coming out
> of high school need to go to college to develope their game and their
> education.
> 
> Tim
> 
> >As for getting McGrady, I wouldn't be opposed to the idea if Pitino
decides
> >that's the direction he wants to go.  He's very young, but supposedly
he's
> >the type of guy you can build a team around.  Since we're still a few
years
> >away from contention, he would have a few years to develop and then
after 3
> >seasons, he'd be 21 with 3 years experience under his belt around the
time
> >that the celtics would start to be contenders.
> >
> >Jeff
> 
> 
> Nault
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