nbatalk: Celtics hot for Crawford

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

If this plot thickens any more, it will be solid.  The only
thing I wonder about this "exclusive" is its source.  It might
well be Allesandro or Warwick.

 <<...>> NBAtalk has learned  <<...>> from a source familiar with the
Celtics thinking that Rick Pitino has a secret Jones for 6-5 freshman point
guard Jamal Crawford. According to the source, Pitino has coveted a big,
athletic point guard since he joined the Celtics. Though Pitino believes the
Celtics need to get older, not younger, to get better, he may have a hard
time passing on Crawford if a quality big man is unavailable at 11.
Depending on where Crawford is projected to go, Pitino may even trade down a
few slots to get him. Pitino, according to the source, is paranoid over the
whole thing and may not even bring in Crawford so as not to tip his hand.
More as it the scuttle filters in. Talk about it on the Celtics Rant
Blacktop <http://www.sportstalk.com/nba/rant/celtics/index.shtml>