Re: Chris Monter: Celtics Most Likely Drafting Rashard Lewis

["Witch Craft" <witchcraft1998@hotmail.com>]

Then again, who knows about the draft?  It's kind of a crapshoot,
with mistakes being made by scouts and GM's every year.  I didn't
know Don Leventhal had died.  I use to hear him on Ted Sarandis'
show on WEEI around draft time.
WC

>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:31:16 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Chris Monter: Celtics Most Likely Drafting Rashard Lewis
>To: Celtics@igtc.COM, Witch <witchcraft1998@hotmail.com>
>
>Chris Monter doesn't know anything.  The late Don Leventhal told me
>that Monter was a fan who called him up on the phone and asked him
>about scouting, and then turned around and started his own "draft
>report" based on second hand sources.  The MSNBC draft is more
>interesting, and the Usenet draft is the only one with any kind of
>scouting to speak of.  I wonder if Kevin Willis' trade will shake some
>moves lose, now that teams don't have a chance to grab Toronto's picks.
>
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>---Witch  wrote:
>>
>> NBA draft guru Chris Monter had the following to say about the C's
>pick in a recent 
>> chat session, after being asked by Dougrow:"Who looks like a good
>fit for the Boston 
>> Celtics with their lottery pick?"
>> 
>> "Most likely between Nazr Mohammed, the two high school kids
>Harrington and Lewis, 
>> and Keon Clark. Mohammed and Lewis are the most likely.  Mohammed
>could go right 
>> before the Celtics at No.9, so that would leave Lewis."
>> 
>> As far as comparing the two high-schoolers, here's what Monter said:
>"Most NBA scouts 
>> feel Lewis has more of an upside.  he has a Kevin Garnett frame and
>needs to get 
>> stronger.  Harrington may be more ready now, but in five years from
>now, most scouts 
>> feel Lewis will be the better player."
>> 
>> WC
>> 
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