RE: the latest from Katz...

["Michael Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>]

You're reaching trying to include Van Horn, Laetne or Gugliotta as a 7
footer picks.  The only one I'll give you is Walton.  Sabonis...maybe but
his best days were in Europe.  Bottom line the failure rate is high and if
you think Ostertag is what we need then I suppose you'll be happy with the
big P.  I'd rather have Jermaine O'Neal or any of those selfish gunners.
Kobe was a selfish gunner when he came into the league too.  Iverson is a
selfish gunner.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berry, Mark S [mailto:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 1:52 PM
> To: 'mgriffin@rillc.com'; Berry, Mark S; celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: RE: the latest from Katz...
>
>
> Forget the 90s, what about Bill Walton? Zydrunas Ilgauskas? Vlade Divac?
> Arvydas Sabonis? Jack Sikma? Tom Gugliotta? Keith Van Horn? Christian
> Lettner? Hell, Vitaly Potapenko would be a good 11th pick in most drafts.
> Even Greg Ostertag. If things go the way it seems, there isn't
> going to be a
> DerMarr Johnson or Courtney Alexander there. Are you excited about Keyon
> Dooling or Jerome Moiso? I can't for the life of me figure out why so many
> hope we end up with Alexander. We're a terrible defensive team
> with selfish
> tendencies. And we want to add a no-defense, selfish gunner? The
> only reason
> I hope he falls to 11 is as trade bait, so some other team can make the
> mistake.
>
> We're looking for the best player, not the best scorer. There's a
> difference. This team needs an interior presence, defense, shot-blocking,
> and a mean streak. We don't need another me-first shooter (Alexander,
> Johnson) or tweener guard (Dooling, Crawford) or unmotivated forward
> (Moiso). I don't care if the guy is black or white, as long as he
> can anchor
> our interior defense, cover for our terrible defenders at the other
> positions (we've gone offense over defense too much already), and move
> Vitaly into the role he shold play-backup C/PF.
>
> Mark
>
>
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	Michael Griffin [SMTP:mgriffin@rillc.com]
> 	Sent:	Wednesday, June 28, 2000 4:28 PM
> 	To:	Berry, Mark  S; celtics@igtc.com
> 	Subject:	RE: the latest from Katz...
>
> 	I cordially disagree.  Was it Ray that put out a list of all the
> PF/C white
> 	guys drafted in the 90s?  Only 3 still are worth having now
> 	(Croshere/Harpring/forget the 3rd).  Take that one more.  I can't
> think of
> 	even one white seven footer that has done anything in the NBA that
> merits a
> 	pick at #11 or better.
>
> 	My dream slider is Demarr Johnson but I think he'll be gone, perhaps
> 	Alexander.
>
> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On
> Behalf Of
> 	> Berry, Mark S
> 	> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 12:44 PM
> 	> To: 'celtics@igtc.com'
> 	> Subject: the latest from Katz...
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> As I feared, the Przybilla dreams were too good to be true.
> 	> ESPN.com's Andy
> 	> Katz says the Cavs still are considering Przybill at 8 and the
> 	> Rockets like
> 	> him at 9. And if Orlando doesn't make the trade with the Clippers,
> they
> 	> could take him at 10. Sigh...
> 	>
> 	> Well, if that's the case, I say try to work the trade with the
> Sonics. I'm
> 	> not sold on Moiso or Dooling, and we could get Stevenson or
> 	> Richardson with
> 	> Seattle's 17th pick.
> 	>
> 	> Those kinds of moves are just rearranging the deck chairs on the
> Titanic,
> 	> however. Przybilla is/was the slider we really needed.
> 	>
> 	> Mark
> 	>
>