Fw: Loren Woods

["Joshua Ozersky" <jozersky@stny.rr.com>]

interesting point this guy makes.

----- Original Message -----
From: Andy <nospam@newsranger.com>
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: Loren Woods


> The key to the draft as far as the Celtics are concerned is whether or not
> NJ, Cleveland, or Detroit decides they are so starved for a big man, that
> they go for Loren Woods.  ( In Cleveland's case it would be because Big Z
> might never be healthy.)
> This is a likely scenario, as big men always move up before the draft, and
> all the high school giants will be gone.
>
> If this happens, and if the seven top players go as expected (they
probably
> won't), the Celtics would get a choice of Johnson, Gasol, Bradley, and
> either White or Randolph.
>
> Even better: somebody else goes trigger happy because of a position
> need at point guard and takes Tinsley too early.  Then, the Celtics could
> end up with a slider from the top seven.  Maybe Chandler.  Maybe Battier.
> Maybe someone else who gets tagged with a lousy rumor.
> --Andy
>
>