Re: teams status next season

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>
To: celtics@igtc.COM <celtics@igtc.COM>
Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 4:30 PM
Subject: RE: teams status next season


>On the point
>issue I think this is the mistake Pitino made, instead of getting a veteran
>point at a reasonable price for Chauncy to learn under , putting him right
>into the fire was a bad decision.

Remember when I was trying to argue that very issue?  I kept getting replies
like he'll never this and he'll never that.  He's not capable of creating
his own shot, he can't penetrate.  Once someone even complained because he
was yawning during a timeout.  It's not his fault that he was selected by a
team and told to play a brand new position.  If he had a reasonable veteran
to learn from, he might have been just what the doctor ordered.  One thing
is for sure though.  You don't shoot 16 freebies as a guard if you have
absoultely no creativity.

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>On Friday, February 20, 1998 7:32 AM, Ken Kokubo [SMTP:kk@harvard.edu]
>wrote:
>> >Paul Pierce will be much higher in the draft, probably top 5. I would
>love to
>> >see him in green and white, he has been one of my personal favorites in
>this
>> >draft since seeing him play in the McDonalds HS All American game 3
>years ago.
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>> This is who I hope for as well (realistically, I don't think he will drop
>to 10-15).
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>> Also, thinking to future drafts as well (since I am really disapointed to
>see Billups go I have been trying to focus on positives). One of the things
>Kenny Anderson gives us is an experienced point that will also let us use
>our increasingly higher! draft picks to get a PG that we can groom and
>"bring up right" as his backup. I assume over the next 2-4 years we could
>find a gem in the 15-25 range.
>>
>> A game plan sort of like
>> Big man through Free agency: 98 or 99
>> SF through draft or FA: 98 or 99
>> PG for the future: 99 and on
>>
>> Ken Kokubo
>> UIS/Harvard University
>> 617.496.8151
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