Re: The Celtics Fan's Guide to Draft Night

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

As much as I'm probably not very prone to join Way's quirky bandwagon, I would
probably say "yah, sprockets!!" to Wurtzburg's latest Deutschland roadster the
6-8 "Double O" Olumide Oyediji. I don't have a clue and probably Way doesn't
either, but if this 19-year-old were an inch taller he would probably go in the
top five. He's a vicious 14.5 rpg guy (in Germany) but  he also deliverd
spankings on an indubitably special (maybe historic) US high school power
forward class at the Nike Hoops Summit particularly compared to the relative
retards his  fellow Wurtburg teen Dirk Nowitzki schooled a few years ago.
Vaguely mixed reviews I must admit, but he is probably already an NBA player at
age 19 and has as much athleticism as you'd want to extrapolate from in terms of
upside. On the other hand it is very doubtful any teen could help coax Pitino
into the playoffs next year, which is just as well. Maybe he's not "Double Zero"
but at least he's "Double O".


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Thndrblt31@aol.com wrote:

> Great guide, Josh.  Here are a few comments.
>
> Here is my mock lottery:
>  1. Nets - Kenyon Martin
>  2. Grizzlies - Stromile Swift
>  3. Clippers - Marcus Fizer
>  4. Bulls - Joel Pryzbilla (takes a risk that Miles will fall to 7)
>  5. Magic - Chris Mihm
>  6. Atlanta - Darius Miles
>  7. Bulls - DerMarr Johnson
>  8. Cavaliers - Courtney Alexander
>  9. Rockets - Mike Miller
> 10. Magic - Erick Barkley
> 11. Celtics - Jamal Crawford or DeShawn Stevenson (hard to say)
> 12. Mavericks - Olumide Oyediji
> 13. Magic - whoever is left between Crawford and Stevenson
>
> Oyediji is also a wild card pick for the Celtics.  It is really hard to say
> who the Celtics want at this moment, but it will most likely be a guard.
>
> Whoever takes Richardson will get lucky, he should still be a star in the
> league even though he didn't meet expectations after everyone hyped him up.
>
> Tsak will drop out of the lottery but might be taken by the Bucks or Sonics.
> Most teams don't want to deal with his contract hassles.
>
> We should step away from the Claxtons, Barkleys, and Cleaves and should just
> sign a free agent like Wayne Turner, Chris Herren, or Jacque Vaughn.  Even
> though the rookies might be better than their FA counterparts, its better to
> choose the best talents we can get.
>
> -= thndr out =-