Will The Celtics Draft Lee Benson and Other Arcane Specultions?

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

> - Even though he spent 8 years in prison, Benson, a 6-11,
> multi-dimensional
> Big Man has NBA scouts drooling.
>
> - If Memphis ends up with the 1st pick, will they draft Jason Williams
> or
> hometown phenom Dajuan Wagner?
>
> - For those of you hoping that the "Destroyer of Dayton"  Jim O'Brien is
>
> replaced this season, forget about it.  Not gonna happen. Not with chief
>
> bean counter Richard Pond running the team.
> Firing O'Brien means paying him for another two years and then going out
> and
> shelling out money for another coach. Not gonna happen, even if the C's
> lose the
> next 15 games in a row. Perhaps next season, when there's less time left
> on his
> contract, or perhaps if O'Brien bought out his contract (yeah right).
>
> - With all the hubbub about Tinsley, people are forgetting about Pau
> Gasol, who's
> simply leading all rookies in scoring, rebounding, field goal
> percentage, and blocked shots.
> Picking up either Brown or Gasol, would have been worth trading Walker
> and a
> draft pick/picks to move up in the draft.
>
> - As of this moment, the first five picks in the NBA draft are: Wagner,
> Williams,
> Stoudamire, Ming, and Drew Gooden.  That of course is subject to change.
>
> - Michael Jordan mentioned that Toine needs a tutor like Larry Joe Bird.
>
> All well and good, but Bird's not coming back to the Celtics to coach,
> or coming
> back at all, until Gaston gets a clue. Another year with declining
> attendance, no playoffs,
> questionable draft picks, and fan apathy, might be the clue Gaston
> needs, in which
> case, Bird rather than coaching the team, will be running it. And for
> those who question
> Bird's ability to run a NBA franchise, all you need to know is that, if
> Bird was hired in the past off-season, he would have brought in the
> great Donny Walsh to be the C's GM, and that his pal, Rick Carlisle,
> very well
> could have been coaching the C's instead of O'Brien.
> Ray