Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V8 #272

[Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- You wrote:
OK, I know VP is slow, nonathletic and all, but he's
still the only one on the team who can hope to keep
Shaq from camping out under the basket for easy scores
all game long. 
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MacCulloch is slow, VP is not, at least not for a center. His problem is
'length' and leaping ability (the lack thereof). He's replaceable, but not by a
forward who shot under 40%, averaged under 5 rpg, and scored 10 ppg (which VP
is perfectly capable of, and at a higher shooting %, if his teammates didn't
ignore him). 

--- You wrote:
i didn't see any summer league games. anyone want to
weigh in again on their overall impressions of the 3
rookies? 
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To summarize, JJ will be a starter, Kedrick is very talented but needs
seasoning, and JF should be a solid complementary player (just based on his
accomplishments at NC, as it was hard to get a read on him in the summer
league. You can read a lot more posts about their performance in the summer
league in the igtc.com archives. 


--- You wrote:
can moiso be a player or is he simply a wasted
pick--remember, he'd be a senior in college if he'd
stayed in school, and he's still young bball-wise. any
hope there?  
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I suppose it's possible, but not very likely. He just has no drive to succeed,
it's as simple as that. Even if he were clueless about basketball, he should be
able to get rebounds and blocks on talent and effort alone. But he just drifts
and mopes out there. 
Kestas