the void

["Robert A. Bowman" <Robert.A.Bowman-1@tc.umn.edu>]

I think that the celtics should fill the void in the middle with 2 players.  Go 
with the best FA you can afford which would probably be a forward--if you can 
get McDyess--do it--put him at PF and AW at SF.  From what I saw, McDyess did 
pretty well against the two-headed monster in SA--Robinson and Duncan.  Then get
a 2nd tier center--not Divac--but a Divac type--a guy who can play hard but who 
isn't top shelf and who can fit into Pitino ball--which by the way is only 
evolving at this point.  Of course you've got to sew up AW and Mercer, and along
with Anderson, we're ready to make a run.  There's a lot of solid journeymen who
can fill a role like Wedman,Don Nelson, and whoever else you care to name did  
(DQ, Barros, who else might fit from the current squad?) and in the post-Jordan 
NBA we've got a solid shot at the next ring within 2 yrs.

If McDyess is not an option I still like the idea of getting the best available 
FA--not to fill a position--but the best available period--treat it like the 
draft and then supplement the hole in the lineup with a 2nd tier player.  I 
subscribe to the 3 allstar theory--but no one ever said it had to include a 
center.

On a nonceltic note while in Chicago seeing the Stones last week, I had a fun 
conversation with a cabbie.  We went round and round and while he agreed with me
about the 86 team being able to beat any Chicago team, I agreed Jordan is the 
best all around player.  But the best part of the conversation was when I asked 
him who he'd rather have--Wilt or Shaq?  

Bob