draft gets David Aldridge's approval

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

Boston. The Celtics looked at what Dallas and Sacramento did and decided, if
you can't beat 'em, join 'em. So forget Rick Pitino's diatribes about his
team's defense. It's Go Time in Beantown. The Celtics will throw Joe Johnson
and Kedrick Brown (not going to Portland, as rumor had it) and Joe Forte out
there to provide scoring punch in back of Antoine Walker
<http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3112> and Paul Pierce
<http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3253>. GM Chris
Wallace told us on ESPN Radio Wednesday that the Celtics' dropoff from their
second-leading scorer (Walker, at 22 per game) to their third (Bryant Stith
<http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=0860>, just eight
per) was one of the biggest in the league. That should no longer be the
case. But don't the Cs still need a point guard? I still think they'll make
a run at Alvin Williams
<http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3215> -- who they had
acquired last year for Danny Fortson
<http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3180>, only to have
the trade voided -- or another playmaker before the summer is done. In the
interim, they'll frequently give the rock to Walker to bring up the floor.
No kidding. Boston's not going to win the east next year, but it has a lot
more talent on its roster than it did 48 hours ago.