Re: Draft

[bocelts@scsn.net (R. Bentz Kirby)]

- --- On Tue, 20 May 1997 08:04:57 -0800  Nault 
<rnault@ptialaska.net> wrote:
I'm not saying we shouldn't take McGrady, I am just voicing my 
concerns
about him,

Tim

>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.
<snip>

Why if we all hate the draft and everything sucks, do we keep 
talking about it?



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