RE: My fear...

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I don't actually hate the guy...it just seems unamerican.  I mean,
he won the championship; what does he have to prove? Plus,
I think it's unmanly to let your mom tell everybody what your
plans are.  I think I would rather have a heady psychopath a la
Carl Everett or Antoine Walker on my team.  Maybe this is a
reason to not be so upset if we don't get Shane Battier, another
suspiciously well-adjusted person.  

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Alexander Wang [SMTP:awang@MIT.EDU]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 19, 2001 4:29 PM
> To:	OzerskyJA; 'Berry, Mark  S'; 'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject:	RE: My fear...
> 
> Josh,
> 
> Your sentiment about Jason Williams is a really extreme. The college
> experience, especially that on a athletic star like Williams, is certainly
> about more than just the coursework (that he could make up in the
> offseason, as you suggest). And he's already financially secure for the
> rest of his life, probably -- I believe that universities are allowed to
> take out multimillion dollar injury insurance policies on behalf of top
> prospects, so that they don't feel forced to enter the draft solely to
> guarantee their financial security against a freak career ending injury
> while they're in school. If the guy wants to stay in school, shoot for
> college player of the year, and finish his education, he should be
> applauded in my opinion, not hated. Even if it hurts the Celtics' draft
> this year.
> 
> As for packaging our picks to move up in the draft: It seems really common
> in the NFL, but pretty rare in the NBA, where quality generally rules. We
> have seen some package deals recently, though -- Milwaukee moving up to
> take Pryzbilla last year and Traylor in the 98 draft. So maybe it's
> possible.
> 
> Alex
> 
> At 03:51 PM 4/19/01 -0400, OzerskyJA wrote:
> >My fear is that we get stuck with only middling 
> >talent in the draft and via free agency.  I can't 
> >believe some team with a pick somewhere in 
> >the 4-7 area wouldn't want to pick up two
> >lotto picks and/or Vitaly Potatpenko for their
> >pick.  I absolutely hate that that little Jason Williams
> >is such a mama's boy.  Could Duke suck any more?
> >Yeah, he has to get a degree before he declares.
> >WHY?  Didn't he ever hear of taking classes in the
> >offseason?  Anyway, it's not like he's ever going to have
> >to find a job; once you're drafted, you are financially
> >secure for ten generations.  I almost feel like it would
> >serve him right to break his foot and end up being picked
> >at the end of the first round.