Re: [Celtic_Pride] Re: Adrian Griffin signs with Mavs

[kevin <bostonceltics17@yahoo.com>]

hallo,
I talked about Grif's early bird rights before Grif's signing with the Mavs, at
least before it was made known on the papers.

I don't fully agree with your view that
>>>>>>>>
1) it's easier to teach an offensively and physically talented player to
rebound and play D than it is to teach a pedestrian defensive specialist
offensive skills
>>>>>>>>

I am of the opposite opinion actually. Offensively (relatively) abled Matt
Gieger can't play D. Mutombo is a D player first, later developed (many seasons
later) a nice O game. Further examples of good offensive players who can't play
(or won't play) D like Ceballos, Dell Curry, our Kenny Anderson.

bye
kevin


--- Kestas <Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> At 15:41 7/27/2001 +0800, you wrote:
> >this way, Grif got his Bird rights intact and we preserve a roster
> >spot and most importantly, Gaston did not need to pony up any money!!!
> 
> Griffin doesn't have Bird rights, nor does he have a 'roster spot' with the
> Celtics that can be 'preserved'. He's a free agent, or was before he
> reportedly signed with the Mavs. That means he no more has a roster spot on
> the Celtics than you or I. I don't see what's so difficult to understand
> about this. 
> 
> While I'm sorry to see him go, when time came to re-sign Griffin, what
> Wallace & Co. probably  remembered most from his performance was his
> outright refusal to shoot the ball while Walker & Pierce were being double-
> and triple-teamed and the offense was grinding to a halt. Their draft picks
> indicate that they wanted to avoid these painful experiences in the future.
> While I'm sure the Celtics brass appreciates Griffin's non-scoring
> abilities, the truth of the matter is that, 1) it's easier to teach an
> offensively and physically talented player to rebound and play D than it is
> to teach a pedestrian defensive specialist offensive skills; 2) if it
> weren't for the dead weight with guaranteed contracts on our roster, they
> probably would've kept him nonetheless. We can essentially thank Uncle Rick
> for losing yet another valuable, if limited, player.
>  
> 


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