Re: Should have got rid of all of them..

[David A Wickerham <aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu>]

It was pretty widely known that the Cs were interested in McGrady, but
Pitino wasn't hot for a high school player.  The problem with TMac (or any
high school guy), is that they are'nt ready to make an impact when they
first come into the league.  When MacGrady came out, The rookie contract
was only 3 years, and there was a real question about whether the original
team drafting the guy would be able to keep him.  In fact, McGrady bolted
after 3 years.  All things considered, I think Pitino was right to be
leery of high school players at that time.

If Derek Anderson hadn't been coming off an injury, he is the guy we
should have taken that year.  Nobody knew Derek better than Pitino, but in
hindsight, he was one of the few gems of that draft and was substantially
better than Ron or Chauncy.

****dave


On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Shailendra Mishra wrote:

> 
> If that was the case then we should have drafted Tracy McGrady instead of Ron Mercer. Now what do you think. - Shailendra 
> 
>   David A Wickerham <aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu> wrote: 
> 
> I haven't been a Pitino basher, but I can't help but wonder if those
> evaluations were the work of Rick or Chris Wallace. If you remember,
> after the A Williams for Fortson deal got trashed in the press (and on
> this board) Rick used the physical to back out of it. Thta's not
> something you'd expect him to do if he was the one who coveted the deal.
> 
> Maybe its wishful thinking, but I'm beginning to think that it was CW who
> was the real talent evaluator. At least I'm hoping that's true.
> 
> ****dave
> 
> 
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Cecil Wright wrote:
> 
> > Keep in mind that, regardless of what you may think of Pitino, he tried to
> > acquire Jermaine O'Neal and Alvin Williams. I remember that much of the
> > sentiment at the time was "Alvin who?" But if you have seen both of those
> > guys play this year, I think it's a foregone conclusion that they would have
> > made an enormous improvement on our team this past season.
> > 
> > Say what you want about Pitino, his ego, how much he screamed from the
> > sidelines, etc. but he had those two as much better players than many of us
> > thought.
> > 
> > Cecil
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:16 AM
> > Subject: Should have got rid of all of them..
> > 
> > 
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I just don't know. Everytime I read about the Celtics its pretty
> > depressing.
> > > They just don't seem to know what they are doing.
> > >
> > > You hear the same weak arguments that Pitino made. The idea that the
> > Celtics
> > > don't need more rookies concerns me the most. The Celtics act like they
> > are
> > > contending for the championship, when in reality they should be rebuilding
> > > and acquiring talent.
> > >
> > > You never get good talent trading draft picks. People won't give you a
> > good
> > > player
> > > for a non lottery pick. Bleh. Ya trade all three of those picks and you
> > will
> > > be
> > > lucky to get Rodney Rodgers.
> > >
> > > How can I team that acquired Pierce just two years ago be so foolish.
> > > I will never understand. I hope they are just posturing, but in reality I
> > > suspect
> > > they are just dumb.
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
> > 
> > 
> 
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> aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu
> Saratoga Springs, NY
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