Will Solomon

["Rohan Prashad" <roinitaly@hotmail.com>]

I don't post to the list very often, but the mentions of Will Solomon in the 
draft plans by Jim O'Brien really surprised me. And if we really are 
interested in him as seriously as Ray states, then I thought the list might 
be interested in some info about him.

As a student at Clemson (Solomon's school in SC), I have watched him pretty 
closely the past few years. You'd think this would make me biased for him, 
but I have no interest in him at all. He's all wrong for the Celtics, a 
shooting guard stuck in a point guard's body. He's no bigger than 6'1 and 
slight of build. He's a selfish player who was more interested in getting 
his stats than wins. That being said Clemson has been at the bottom of the 
ACC the past two years. He's not a player who sets up his teammates. Any 
assists he got would be after dribbling the ball around the perimeter 
between his legs for 25 seconds than finally sending a bullet pass to an 
open teammate who had been open for about 5 seconds. He is a good open court 
player, but it wasn't him who pushed the ball, it was our point guard. He 
would just set up at the three point line on the break, we don't need 
another player like that.
He also trash talks alot, and is quite full of himself.

As far as strengths, he is a very good shooter, which must be why Wallace 
and co. are interested. He has really long arms for a player his height, and 
is a pretty good defender. He is a fluid athlete who probably would show out 
well in individual workouts.

The guy definitely is not a leader nor does he have the point guard 
mentality. If we want to get a point guard who can run a team, Jamaal 
Tinsley is the only way to go. We need someone with the grit to tell Walker 
to get in the post, or to tell Pierce to stop driving into traffic. Tinsley 
is the only one who qualifies in this draft, otherwise anyone interested in 
signing Tim Hardaway to a one year contract?

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