Re: Be Leery Of Cleaves

[Elgin W Booth <ewbooth@cisunix.unh.edu>]

Maybe I'm missing something, but what's the deal with Cleaves and spousal
abuse?? He's married?

Whatever happened to Marcus Webb?

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Way Of The Ray wrote:

> - After the Greg Minor, Robert Parish, and Marcus Webb situations
> do you really want another player on the Celtics connected
> with spousal abuse?
> 
> - And as Bob Ryan notes in today's Globe: "There may not be one
> player in the 2000 Final Four who will play in an NBA All-Star
> Game. Oh, sure Mateen Cleaves will be in the NBA... but stardom
> for them will be no guarantee."  
> 
> - Ryan who's referred to Cleaves in the past as a Ricky Sobers type,
> reflects my view, that Cleaves is good - a solid NBA player, but not 
> great. I don't see him in the same category, for instance, as Andre
> Miller, but more of a long term solid pro, who will be ranked in the
> second tier of point guards.
> 
> - The C's have to take the best player available in the draft
> when it comes their turn to select, and that isn't Mateen Cleaves. 
> They need to increase the talent level of their core group of 
> players, as the higher the talent level - the better the chance of
> competing for an NBA title. 
> Ray
>