RE: Steve Francis/Elton Brand

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

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> El Senor Mister Grouch:
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> 1) IMHO, Steve Francis' similarity to Iverson lies in that he is and will
> likely remain an outstanding "shoot-first" point guard. While I personally
> love their mind-boggling speed and fantastic defensive skills, I don't
> think you can argue that Francis will unequivocably make the Celtics team
> offense any better than it is. When you break it down, Stevie Francis and
> Chauncy Billups are actually pretty similar players (genuine big time/big
> game college scorers with great defensive tools) but would be the wrong
> guys for our team, IMO. More generally, the last thing our Celts need is to
> "upgrade" via a rookie point guard. That just shouldn't make any SENSE to
> most of us on the list, based on what we know and have seen. Let's focus on
> acquiring and grooming a young backup point guard, like local kid Wayne
> Turner playing down in Kentucky (as someone first suggested last week).
> Based on his stats, he'll probably fall well out of the first round just as
> KC Jones did years ago.


I don't know about others, but I have had my fill with underperforming, inconsistent former Wildcats.  


> Baron Davis is the point we need , unfortunately he will probably land with the Clippers and disapear into obscurity.