Re: Holley On WEEI & More Pitino

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I take back what I just wrote about Joe's impeccable
orthodoxy.  How in Red Auerbach's name could you
imagine that Rick Pitino would trade Antoine Walker
for Elton Brand?  In a million years?  Why would he do
that?  As for Penny, the guy is everything we don't
need, including an 85 million dollar salary demand
this offseason.

--- j.hironaka@unesco.org wrote:
> Way Of The Ray wrote:
> 
> > Holley mentioned on the Big Show, that he heard
> the C's may try
> > to get back in the draft.  That's all he said
> regarding that.
> > Holley thinks Pitino has put a lot of pressure on
> the players with his
> > make the playoffs comment.
> 
> Hi Ray:
> 
> I think Holley can be a bit of a
> new-agey-gadfly-Spike-Lee-basketball-groupie type
> who so far seems a lot
> more in the loop with Celts players than with
> management. But if his opinion
> is accurate, I imagine this could mean seeking
> Chicago's top pick for
> Antoine Walker and then drafting 6-7 power forward
> Elton Brand or your pick
> of point guards. Despite how desperate Chicago is to
> spend their cap money
> on this weak FA crop, I'm still not that sure they
> even covet Walker all
> that much. At least the Chicago writers and certain
> players don't seem to
> like him much.
> 
> As for Holley, he really is often very good IMO, but
> clearly the Boston
> Globe has allowed the Herald to zoom way ahead in
> terms of the overall
> quality of basketball coverage. For example, have
> you guys freaking read
> yesterday's (and today's) massive Boston Herald
> coverage of Bill Russell? I
> can't exaggerate how interesting these articles are.
> 
> In particular, Michael Gee is at his very best
> (writing about the
> Philly-Boston rivalry), but each and every article
> is just awesome from a
> Celts fan's perspective and I'm dismayed/surprised
> that Way or others hasn't
> posted them directly to the list. There was even a
> fascinating article from
> the Monday edition about Bob Cousy's regret that he
> didn't help Russell get
> through the racial incidents, which unfortunately is
> no longer on-line. I
> have a printed out copy but I didn't save it to
> disk.
> 
> > Pitino says this is the Age of the Gratification
> Culture  - cites Corey
> > Maggete as an example - Says guys like him should
> bypass college and
> > let true amateurs play.  One year and out types
> hurt college
> > basketball.  Young players want instant
> gratification - may be problem
> > with young players on C's - Pitino wonders if
> Pierce will be motivated.
> > (Funny, Ordway, Ryan and Holley were saying the
> same things about Pitino
> > - He wants instant gratification).
> 
> For the life of me, I don't know how Corey Maggette
> immediately jumped among
> the top 3 prospects in the 1999 draft and is even
> being talked up as
> Chicago's number one overall pick. He is a 6-6 wing
> forward who averaged
> 10ppg and as far as I know never started a single
> game in college. He glides
> around a lot like Grant Hill, but shows no real
> signs of shot-creating,
> rebounding and passing ability.
> 
> FYI, I found some interesting player evaluations on
> NBA.COM's "1999 Draft"
> site featuring a roundtable Q&A with NBA general
> managers and executives
> including Kevin McHale and Wes Unseld. One guy
> compares the 6-6 Wally
> Szerbiak to long-forgotten Notre Dame star Kelly
> Tripucka.
> 
> > On Penny Hardaway - If he has interest in the C's,
> the Celtics have
> > interest in him or any player of that magnitude. 
> Would have to do a sign
> > and
> > trade, and investigate why Penny is always
> unhappy.
> 
> How does a trade involving Mercer and Penny as the
> principles sound to you
> guys? I guess you unfortunately couldn't throw in
> Kenny Anderson, because of
> the contract sizes. Penny is a much better
> all-around contributor than
> Mercer, but one bad apple can spoil a very young
> team like the Celtics (I
> like Theresa's "Shiny, Whiny, Penny" comment). Then
> again, nifty passing can
> be contagious and fun to watch.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 

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