Re: Troy Murphy

["Jaime Castillo, Jr." <jaims@info.com.ph>]

Does Chris Mihm, Laetner, Eshmeyer, Todd McCullough ring the bell???  Troy
Murphy is really good...for college type banging and where he dominates
smaller centers than him.  Troy will be a great back up if taken in by any
NBA team but we what we really need is brute force offensively (obviously
Walker is not this type) to play inside the paint and intimidate the
opposition.

If only we could position ourselves for a high pick then we'd really have a
chance to get Eddie Griffin, Randolf and the likes...

Troy is a big gamble, IMO.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Goggin" <patrickgoggin33@yahoo.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: Troy Murphy


>    It's hard for me to be impartial since I'm such a
> big Notre Dame fan and have watched almost all of Troy
> Murphy's games but it would be very interesting to see
> him in green.  I still think the best options for the
> Celtics are to pick a Jason Williams of Duke as their
> PG or one of the young gun 7 footers in the draft.
> That being said, it might come down to a guy like
> Murphy who stands 6'11", can run the floor, nail the
> 20' jumper and has post game.  I found this in the
> South Bend Tribune.
>
> * * *
>
>
>
> NEW YORK -- A lightly-recruited, free-spirited New
> Jersey lefty joined some select Big East company
> Tuesday evening, becoming only the fourth player in
> league history to earn consecutive Player of the Year
> honors.
>
> Notre Dame junior power forward Troy Murphy, who led
> the Big East in scoring (22.6 points per game) for a
> second straight season, shares the award with
> sophomore point guard Troy Bell of Boston College.
>
> That elevates Murphy into the same class as former Big
> East stars Patrick Ewing of Georgetown, Connecticut's
> Richard Hamilton and Chris Mullin of St. John's as the
> only multiple Player of the Year winners.
>
> Should Murphy bypass another chance at the NBA Draft
> and return for his senior season, he would likely
> challenge Bell to join Mullin as the only player to
> earn league Player of the Year honors three times.
>
> Might that happen?
>
> "I have no idea," Murphy said when pressed for his
> future plans. "I'm just going to go to the banquet,
> get some food. That's about it."
>
> Brey indicated Tuesday that he has had discussions
> with former Boston Celtics president Red Auerbach
> about Murphy's potential draft status. Auerbach did
> not give Brey a definitive number of where Murphy
> would be slotted, but it would certainly be among the
> marquee picks.
>
> "If he came out, he'd be a lottery guy," Brey said.
> "I'm sure he's on (Boston's) war-room board."
>
> * * *
>
> Goggin in Cincinnati
>
>
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