RE: mutumbo

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

I like Mutumbo but would agree with some earlier suggestions not to give up
any of our nucleus.  My concern now is his age.  At 34....well...we've all
seen first-hand the precipitive fall off in production beginning about that
age.  Look at how Hakeem has fared.  Even Larry, Parish, McHale, physically
you can not duplicate what you did even at 32.  Very few exceptions and I
don't believe Dikembe is one of them.  He is still has a presence under the
basket but he is not worth our #1, Pierce or Walker.  Perhaps our #1 next
year (which would be a bet that we make the playoffs next year)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> Larry Taylor
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 2:21 PM
> To: OzerskyJA; Celtics, Celtics
> Subject: Re: mutumbo
>
>
> I would have to agree to get Mutumbo.  He is a great inside
> presence that we
> definitely are lacking at this point.  People went to the hole
> against us at
> will during the regular season.  We need the shot blocking and
> rebounding that
> he can bring to the game.
>
>