RE: MonterDraftNews.com - Messageboard

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

The main reason the Celts got killed on the boards is because
Blount can't rebound at all, and Antoine was playing at the same
time as a point guard.  Play Antoine at point, and you can plug
Tony Battie or Zach Randolph or whoever at the four...and you 
don't need to draft a PG.  You can keep Milt and Chris Herren,
trade Kenny away, and enjoy the benefits of whatever scoring 
talent we acquire.  How about a shotblocker to cover the defensive
deficiencies of the big lineup?

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 17, 2001 4:48 PM
> To:	'OzerskyJA@cmog.org'
> Subject:	Re: MonterDraftNews.com - Messageboard
> 
> I really hope all of that is right... plus you have to think someone will
> sneak into that top 10 you wouldn't expect--maybe Tinsley, maybe Haywood
> (I
> still like him), maybe Chris Marcus still decides to come out. I have
> dreams
> of moving into the top 3 and landing Kwame Brown, Eddy Curry, Eddie
> Griffin
> or Yao Ming. I'm hoping one of the young big men--Diop or Randolph
> especially--slide to the Celts. I'm still not sold on Battier, but I'm
> warming to him... but isn't small forward the last place this team needs
> help? I think they have to go big. Even point guard isn't as big a need as
> PF/C. You can't get killed on the boards like the Celtics have been and
> win.
> I agree with Joe that if the Celts stay where they are (10&11), they have
> to
> at least consider a trade up into the top 3. Franchise big men mean
> everything. Pierce would be a steep price to pay, but I'd trade Antoine
> for
> one of those picks (as long as they don't use it on Jason Williams).
> 
> Anyway, I'm already excited about it. Can't wait for the lottery and
> deadline for underclassmen so we finally can start matching some names
> with
> teams with a little bit of accuracy.
> 
> Mark