Re: NBA Draft Lottery Projections Update

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

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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 did not say we had any talent, although Battie has improved some, but give
me some names that will make an inmmediate impact at the 5 spot ?


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>  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.
>
Magliore sucks, Alexander can;t even get in the game. I do like Richardson.

> > 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
>
Eddie Griffin would create the same problem with Walker that Fortson caused,
no room at the 4. Williams is questionable at the pro level. Marty Blake and
many other pro scouts have stated the high schoolers are far from even ready
for college.
> >
> >
> > ----- 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
> >
> >
> > > 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
> > > desperately 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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