Re: Adrian Griffin signs with Mavs

[Jon Mc <jamminon@yahoo.com>]

This is very sad news to me.  In my mind, Adrian Griffin was by far the 
smartest player on the Celtics, and was all about winning games.  He was 
never spectacular, but always amazed me at how he would be in the right 
place at the right time, getting rebounds when the Celts needed rebounds, 
making big defensive stops when they needed that, driving to the hoop 
under control for layups, making smart passes, taking only high percentage 
shots, etc.  He's the kind of guy you need coming off the bench if you 
want to win a championship, since he won't take up a lot of salary, but 
he'll do more to help you win games than even Antoine Walker. 

I think this is as big a mistake as when the Celtics let Rick Fox go for 
nothing.  Dallas was already a good team, and they'll be much better with 
Adrian Griffin.  This is extremely depressing news.  The Celtics just let 
one of their best players go for nothing.  They also seem to be about to 
give up one of their other smartest players, Bryant Stith.  If Stith and 
Griffin are both gone, who's going to play defense?  Is Randy Brown still 
on the roster?  He seems to be another odd man out when the topic of point 
gaurds comes up.  With his injuries and age, that's not suprising, but 
still, he's another excellent defender, and the 3rd of the 3 
really smart players from last year's Celtics.  All 3 of the Celtics' 
really smart players and excellent defenders seem to be on their way out.

These rookies had better be some of the smartest, most mature rookies 
we've seen come through here in the last 20 years, because if they aren't, 
the Celtics are just going to be a super-athletic, super-stupid team 
which scores a lot of points and can't figure out why it isn't winning 
games.  Welcome to the new Denver Nuggets.

Goodbye, Adrian.  I wish you well.  I hope your team kicks butt this year. 

Jon Mc (frustrated diehard Celtics fan who must now turn to the 
        Red Sox for a sense of hope)

- -----Original Message-----
>From: Francis Hsu [mailto:francis@ai.mit.edu]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 1:14 PM
>To: celtics@igtc.com
>Subject: Adrian Griffin signs with Mavs
>
>
>Hard to say how official it is, since the only info about the Griffin
>signing is an excerpt from the following Web page:
>http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/summer_game3_010718.html?nav=ArticleList
>- ---- begin excerpt ----
>The team's leading scorer was Adrian Griffin (12.0), who spent his first
>two seasons with the Celtics. Though the Pacers were very impressed with
>Griffin's overall play, they weren't in position to offer him a contract
>immediately so he chose to sign with the Dallas Mavericks instead. 


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