Re: C's Load Up On Veterans For Summer League

["Josh Farber" <nbaj2k@home.com>]

While looking at Workman's game-by-game stats of last year, it seems like he
really didn't play that much, but when he did, he put up some decent numbers
for a backup point guard anyway.

But I'm wondering when he had his reconstructive knee surgery.  I always
remember him being a decent player.

Wasn't he the one that was either going to sign with us or the Raptors, but
we told the Raptors they had to make the Fortson trade for us to let them
sign him?

He's 34 though, so I'm not sure how much running he has left in him.

Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
To: "Celtics" <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 4:27 AM
Subject: C's Load Up On Veterans For Summer League


> Haywoode Workman, if he has anything left, is a name you should
> keep an eye on. A very good back-up point guard and sometime
> starter in his day....
>
> Old story for Celts: Go veteran route at Shaw's
> by Mark Cofman
> Boston Herald - Monday, July 17, 2000
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> The Celtics open their second annual Shaw's Pro Summer League at
> UMass-Boston today looking for a few good men. A few good experienced
> men.
>
> The Celts' league roster is heavy on players with professional
> experience at the minor league or European levels. Of the eight NBA
> teams that will participate in the weeklong event at Clark Athletic
> Center, the host's roster appears the oldest. That's by design.
>
> ``There was a very limited pool of undrafted players that we were
> interested in this year,'' said Celtics general manager Chris Wallace,
> who put his team's squad together with coach Rick Pitino and director of
> scouting Leo Papile.
>
> ``Last year, we leaned a bit more toward bringing in a cross-section of
> younger guys, but right now we would prefer to focus our efforts on
> evaluating some of the older guys who are available.''
>
> The Celts' preference for age and experience over youth and potential
> this summer is understandable. Pitino and Wallace have set their sights
> on ending the team's five-year playoff drought in 2000-01, so the last
> thing the Celts need is to get any younger.
>
> ``We set up (the roster) with that approach in mind,'' said Wallace.
> ``We felt that if a certain player hoping to earn a job had NBA
> experience or high-level CBA or European experience, we were more
> inclined to see what he could offer over the pool of college players who
> weren't selected (in the draft).''
>
> Among those fitting Wallace's profile on the Celtics' squad are former
> Indiana Pacers point guard Haywoode Workman; shooting guard Roberto
> Bergersen, a former Boise State star who played for Idaho in the CBA
> last year; power forward Mark Blount, a Pitt product who played for
> Trenton in the IBL last year; center Kevin Salvadori, a former North
> Carolina star who played two years with Sacramento; and point guard
> David Vanterpool and swingman Silas Mills, both from CBA champion
> Yakima. Mills was the CBA's MVP last year.
>
> Adrian Griffin, the Celtics' most significant find of last year's
> inaugural summer league, also was a swingman who had won the CBA's MVP
> award for the league-champion Connecticut Pride before making his mark
> with the Celtics.
>
> Meanwhile, former Texas swingman Kris Clack will return to the Celtics
> squad for another shot. Clack was the team's lone pick in the 1999
> draft, but after playing on the summer team, the second-rounder never
> made it to Celts training camp. He played with San Diego in the IBL last
> season.cw-2
>
> The C's experience-oriented squad, which also includes regular roster
> member Tony Battie, does have a couple of noteworthy rookies. Power
> forward Jerome Moiso, the team's first-round pick from UCLA, is expected
> to play the first four days before going to France to attend a cousin's
> wedding.cw0
>
> Moiso's college teammate, JaRon Rush, also will play for the Celtics.
> Rush, projected as a shooting guard, became a free agent after he was
> passed over in the draft.
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