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

[danextbestthing2000@earthlink.net]

thats true the celtics dont need to get any younger.The celtics need a
veteran that can make an impact, Anderson still has game ,but not that of
an impact veteran and we can say the same thing about Barros. I would like
to see Chris Klack this year and see how his doing with his game.He has
alot of things in his game that can help the celtics next season.


> [Original Message]
> From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Celtics <Celtics@igtc.com>
> Date: 7/17/00 1:45:33 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
> 
> 
> 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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