RE: ESPN: Johnson, Brown not too thrilled

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I don't put too much stock in it.  Like you say,
Brown was nervous, and Johnson just trying to play
it off cool  (although he looked really dorky with
his big tie hanging down out of his jacket.)  

The thing that gets me is this talk of Joe Forte playing
point.  This guy is the opposite of a point guard; and
anyway, how many point guards are going play in each game
anyway?  The best I can figure is

PG:  Milt, Kenny
SG:  Johnson, Forte
SF:  Pierce, Williams, Brown
PF:  Twon, Moiso
C:   Batie, VP, Blount

You can hide Walter and somebody else on the DL.  It still doesn't
leave many minutes for Brown, but he can win Eric's fair and square
(all ten of them).  That's the least we owe Williams for all his hard
work last year.  I'll tell you, if Brown and Stith go, and Eric is made
into a marginal figure, that's a lot of our defensive effort and leadership
from last year.  The thing that got us to .500 was better defense, not just
Pierce and Walker bombing in jumpshots.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Farber [mailto:nbaj2k@home.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 10:09 AM
To: Celtics@igtc.com
Cc: Celtic_Pride@yahoogroups.com
Subject: ESPN: Johnson, Brown not too thrilled


I don't know about this spin that ESPN is putting on it.  Brown seemed shaky
up there, and just very nervous.

Josh F
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http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2001/s/2001/0627/1219731.html

Wednesday, June 27

Around The Theatre ...
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com



NEW YORK -- Boston better hope it gets a warmer reception in person from
Arkansas sophomore Joe Johnson and Okaloosa-Walton (Fla.) Community College
forward Kedrick Brown.
Neither seemed terribly excited Wednesday night.
Johnson was extremely stoic while he was making his media interview rounds.
He smiled once at the end of his interview with ESPN, but barely. He said
everything was fine, but he showed absolutely no emotion about being taken
by the Celtics at the No. 10 pick.
Brown, who was guaranteed to go in the lottery to the Celtics at No. 11, was
nearly just as subdued.
"I'm really excited and can't wait to get things started," Johnson quipped
without showing a smile. "I thought they needed a great scorer and I can go
in there and help them."
Brown said he knows there's a tough adjustment for junior college players,
maybe even harder than high school seniors. The last one to go in the first
round was Alex Radojevic to Toronto in 1999. He was traded to Denver this
season and hasn't been a factor in the league.
But the word in the NBA is that the Celtics might be moving another player.
They shocked the teams at the bottom of the first round by taking Joseph
Forte at No. 21 instead of a point guard like France's Tony Parker. Unless
Forte can play the point, the Celtics have a glut of players in the
backcourt with three first-round picks.
Johnson was the player the Celtics coveted the most, followed by Brown. But
they didn't seem too jazzed when they were selected.