RE: [Celtic_Pride] Kedrick Brown

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

At 09:57 27/06/01 -0700, Mike Griffin wrote:
>I'm wondering if one of these coveted wings might be Radmonovic......I
>think if Chicago passes on Diop at #4 then he will make it to us.  Only
>Detroit might take him in front of us.  FWIW, May of the Globe has us
>taking Diop at #10 saying Wallace is in love with the kid.

You're absolutely right, I overlooked that since May's articles are so 
eminently skimmable. With regard to Diop, there frankly isn't any obvious 
reason for subterfuge drafting at the number ten spot. I think Papile said 
what he means and Wallace said what he means (or as May says he says). They 
clearly don't agree on the need for a center, but the GM is the boss.

If Sagana Diop really is there (and checks out health-wise), we should take 
him simple as that. When he was healthy, he was the best center in high 
school and that's with far less basketball playing experience than the 
Americans.

Moreover, when was the last time Boston drafted the best player straight 
off a national championship team (Oak Hil Academy)? Was it Bill Russell? 
Maybe John Havlicek (although he wasn't the best OSU player, Jerry Lucas was).

In this regard, give Gasol his due. His team swept to win the national 
championship in Spain, something Shaq and Kobe can only wish they had done. 
Too bad the Boston Celtics couldn't add two national champions (Gasol, 
Diop) to our squad next year, but it wasn't meant to be.

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