Re: Draft

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

There was one block on a Richardson dunk that was incredible. Jefferson
seems to have long arms to go with his leaping ability. I wonder if Olsen
will put Jefferson on Jason Williams on Monday.  That would be an
interesting matchup. The announcers mentioned with Richardson's leaping
ability there were maybe 2 people in the country that could have made that
play.  He blocked or impeded several of Richardson first shot attempts.









----- Original Message -----
From: "Hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
To: "John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Draft


> John Lyell wrote:
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> > I would like to see us get a good physical big man like Gadzuric
> > another scorer at point or a physical 4 (if Zach Randolph leaves could
> > he be there? Lonnie Baxter ?) if we keep Walker and move him to the 3
> > spot, and would be ecstatic if Richard Jefferson was available with
> > our third pick. This guy is the defensive stopper we need and with his
> > height and athleticism he could be great compliment to the offensive
> > talent we have. It should be interesting to see what happens with
> > Williams and Battier on Monday.
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> It sounds like Richard Jefferson did a nifty job guarding Jason
> Richardson in what was likely Richardson's last college game.  Looking
> at the draft boards I don't see why he or Terence Morris wouldn't be
> available in the high teens, and either could turn out to be a steal.
> Both played on teams with natural born gimme-da-ball scorers (Steve
> Francis, Dixon, Baxter in Maryland and Wright, Woods, Arenas, Gardner,
> Terry etc. at Zona) so you can forgive these two for being wallflowers
> at times within their systems.
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> I was thinking that some of the players projected 10-20 in your mock
> draft probably could have gone top-five in Pitino's first 1997 draft,
> ahead of the likes of Billups, Battie and Antonio Daniels. With good
> scouting Boston should have a much stronger bench and hopefully a solid
> third scorer out of the draft this summer. I sure hope so.
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