RE: NBA Draft Lottery Projections Update

[kai_brunnen_g@ix.netcom.com]

> ** Original Subject: RE: NBA Draft Lottery Projections Update
> ** Original Sender: "John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>
> ** Original Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 21:54:21 -0800

> ** Original Message follows... 

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> Who are the center & point in the coming draft that are going to help us
> within 3 years ?

Surely, you jest!  Have you seen those manning the C's center and point guard
positions? 

 I agree you don't trade for role players, but that is where
> talent evaluation comes in. We don't need any more projects, we need help
> now.

Then don't draft projects. For instance, the C's could have selected Mo Pete
Jamaal Magloire, Quentin Richardson,  Courtney Alexander, et al.,  in
the past draft - all of whom would have added a lot more than Jerome No Show.

> 
> I don't see any Jason Kidd, Gary Payton or Shaq's on the horizon.  Maybe a
> Montross, Olowokandi, Reeves, Mihm  or two.

Eddie Griffin, Jason Williams, one out of the high-schoolers, and one or two others
all have impact player potential. They'll be some great players coming out of this
draft.
Ray

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> ----- Original Message -----From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> Cc: "Celtics" <Celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 9:26 PM
> Subject: Re: NBA Draft Lottery Projections Update
> 
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> > You don't trade lottery picks for role players. The Pot disaster
> > is a first hand reminder of that.
> >
> > As Bob Ryan said, Walker and Pierce aren't exactly the second
> > coming of Shaq and Kobe.
> >
> > Keep the choices, draft the Center and Point Guard, the Celtics
> > deperately need.
> >
> > Or move Walker or Pierce and draft their replacements.
> > Ray
> >
> > John Lyell wrote:
> >
> > > No better a reason to move the picks for some proven talent. We have two
> > > young players with All-star potential, we need some key role players.
> > >
> > > Anything except Pierce & AW for Bibby, which probably won't ever happen
> > > because Pitino pissed them off, and they don't need draft picks either.
> They
> > > might go for it if we took BigCountry and his contract off their hands.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> > > To: "Celtics" <Celtics@igtc.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 3:58 PM
> > > Subject: NBA Draft Lottery Projections Update
> > >
> > > > If the NBA draft was held today, that's today, these
> > > > would be the chosen few....
> > > >
> > > > 1. Eddie Griffin: Needs to play better against better
> > > > teams to hold this positiion.
> > > >
> > > > 2. Yao Ming: Vancouver and their sizeable Asian
> > > > population has the Jones for him.
> > > >
> > > > 3. Zach Randolph: Coming on strong.
> > > >
> > > > 4. Jason Williams: A franchise point guard?
> > > >
> > > > 5. Brendan Haywood: North Carolina mystique.
> > > >
> > > > 6. DeSagana Diop: First high school center taken.
> > > >
> > > > 7. Eddy Curry: Two words: Jenny Craig.
> > > >
> > > > 8. Troy Murphy: The most NBA ready of the
> > > > undergraduates.
> > > >
> > > > 9. Michael Bradley: McHale/Laettner hybrid.
> > > >
> > > > 10. Joseph Forte: You can never go wrong with a
> > > > Tarheel shooting guard.
> > > >
> > > > 11. Loren Woods: Slipping....
> > > >
> > > > 12. Tyson Chandler:  On the all Moiso team.
> > > >
> > > > 13. Shane Battier: A steal here.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Still out there and ready to surge back into the
> > > > limelight: Omar Cook, Terence Morris, Dan Gadzuric,
> > > > Shane Battier, Gerald Wallace, Kwame Brown,
> > > > Jamaal Tinsley, Jeryl Sasser, Frank Williams,
> > > > Carlos Boozer, Darius Rice, Tamar Slay, Brian
> > > > Scalabrine, Ousmane Cisse, Joe Johnson,
> > > > Kenny Satterfield....
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >


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