Re: Bulpett: C's Look For Big Man In Draft

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

Anyone else smell any smoke !

I would be surprised if we took any of these guys with the exception of
possibly Richardson or Alexander.


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From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 11:47 PM
Subject: Bulpett: C's Look For Big Man In Draft


> From Steve Bulpett's column in today's Boston Herald:
>
> C's look to fill tall order
>
> The Celtics are looking both high and low - mostly high - for the 11th
> pick in the June 28 draft. While there is still a chance the club could
> deal the pick, the present sentiment seems to be to stay at 11 and take
> a big man who could be developed into a starter.
>
> The Celts have decided this year not to release the names of the
> potential draftees they are working out, but in that the NBA community
> is the world's smallest principality, it was fairly easy to learn many
> of those who will have auditioned by draft night.
>
> The Boston group is heavy on height, though a good spectrum is
> represented in what is known at this point. There is some raw pivot
> potential in UCLA's Jerome Moiso and Indian Hills (Iowa) Community
> College 7-footer Ernest Brown. Others who are on the Celtic docket (many
> have already been in) are JaRon Rush (UCLA), Mo Peterson (Michigan
> State), Mike Smith (Louisiana-Monroe), Corey Alexander (Fresno State),
> Quentin Richardson (DePaul), Kevin Freeman (UConn) and Chris Carrawell
> (Duke).
>
>