Re: This and that...

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

I think it is worth doing a two for one and moving up. The quality in the
top 4-6 is better. If we could land a Brown, Griffin, Battier, or White, and
an Arenas, Radmanovic or Cook at 21,  then somehow get AW to get Nazr to
sign or  force a sign and trade, and things could be cooking.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:44 AM
Subject: This and that...


> The speculation that Gasol may drop out of the draft probably is bogus.
> There were the same rumors about Nowitzki and it seems about every
European
> player. His stock is soaring... why would he drop out? I certainly hope he
> doesn't. Even if the Celts don't nab him, that means he's gone before 10
and
> pushes someone else (Chandler? Diop? Johnson?) to Boston. Seems to me
there
> is a  general consensus about the top 10 players-Brown, Curry, Griffin,
> Battier, Richardson, Chandler, White, Diop, Johnson and Gasol. The Celts
> need to land at least one of those guys if they stay at 10 and 11.
>
> Sportstalk is reporting that all four teams at the top of the
> draft-Washington, Clips, Atlanta and Chicago-are shopping their picks, and
> says more established teams, "like the Knicks, T-Wolves and Celtics" are
> willing to wait on a youngster. I'm getting more and more vibes that we're
> going to be moving up in this draft. If you just have to give up 10 and 11
> to get in the top four and get either Brown, Curry, Griffin or Gasol, then
> that's a move I'd be happy with. Jordan's quotes in the Wash. Post today
> give a lot of insight into his thinking. He basically says he doesn't see
an
> instant impact franchise player and feels he might be better off picking
up
> two players later in the draft. The problem with that line of thinking is
I
> think there might actually be three eventual franchise players in the
> draft-Brown, Curry and Griffin-if a team can exercise a little patience.
>
> The Sixers were great last night. I really hope they keep it up, but I
think
> it might have been a case of the Lakers being rusty from the long layoff
and
> the Sixers being sharp after the seven-game struggle. I predict the Lakers
> win the next four games, and I wouldn't be surprised to see the Sixers
> challenge some records for fewest points in a Finals game. Phil Jackson's
> greatest strength as a coach, in my opinion, is his ability to prepare his
> team to take away the opponent's No. 1 option. He's always willing to
> flip-flop defensive assignments when necessary, and I expect him to come
up
> with a way to keep Iverson in check. The rest of the Sixers can't help
> enough. You know Kobe is going to come back strong, and the Lakers are
going
> to find ways to get Fisher more involved. I hope I'm wrong, though.
>
> How great has Dikembe Mutombo been? What a huge factor that kind of size
can
> be.
>
> Mark
>
>