RE: ESPN: Johnson, Brown not too thrilled

["Liles, Donald" <liles@hr.upenn.edu>]

Josh,
I saw this article from Andy Katz too. They seemed interested enough to me
in the TNT interviews. My take was that he was on deadline and had to write
something. 

Did anyone else want to slap Craig Sager for trying to get the players to
say 
less than positive things? Between he and the guy for nba.com tv, I really
think
they wanted Battier to bash the teams that didn't take him and the young
players.
I thought that several of the players did a good job avoiding some of his
questions
and just being thankful to be there. 

I was very impressed with Kwame Brown's response to the pressure on him as
the first
hs #1, and being compared to Garnett. He said that everyone will want or
expect him
to better than Kobe, Garnett and McGrady but he has the same pressure every
draftee has
to make it and not be a bust. (my paraphrase) That maturity in his response
impressed me.
I expect very little maturity from the young guys, still feeling immature
myself some days
at 32. 

Don


-----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.