RE: Erick Strickland info

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

Do you think they'd be holding onto Milt Palacio? Do you think the Celtics
would be holding onto Kenny Anderson or Randy Brown if they didn't have
guaranteed contracts? The reason some of us like El-Amin is he is a point
guard. He played on the summer league team with the same players as Milt and
that team functioned much better when El-Amin was the point guard. Am I the
only one who remembers this? 

The point I'm making is don't just sign another tweener guard who doesn't
bring anything new to this team. Fill that last roster spot with a backup
power forward or a point guard who understands how to play the position.

But I haven't seen enough of Strickland. Gene likes him and thinks he'd be
better right now than Anderson or Palacio. If that's the case, and if the
coaching staff is willing to use him, then I'm willing to give him a chance.

Mark

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Shawn Niles [mailto:shizzjr@hotmail.com] 
Sent:	Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:29 PM
To:	berrym@BATTELLE.ORG; j.hironaka@unesco.org; celtics@igtc.com;
celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	Re: Erick Strickland info

We keep hearing El-Amin's name, but doesn't it mean anything to anyone that 
he has been cut by at least 3 teams in the last year? He couldn't make it 
last year as the 3rd PG on a horrible Bulls team. If he is so good Mark, why

do all these teams keep cutting him?


>From: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
>To: "'j.hironaka@unesco.org'" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>,   
>"'celtics@igtc.com'" <celtics@igtc.com>,   
>"'celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com'"  <celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: Erick Strickland info
>Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:04:13 -0500
>
>I don't want to come off like Ray and just indiscriminately criticize
>everything the Celtics do at this point, but this move, if made, is another
>head-scratcher.
>
>Erick Strickland isn't a bad player. But he's not a point guard. He'd be a
>fine pickup if you didn't have Milt, Randy Brown and Joe Forte, who aren't
>point guards either, also pretending to be point guards. Or Paul Pierce, 
>Joe
>Johnson, Forte and Eric "Mr. Defense" Williams playing shooting guard.
>
>I guess my point is this: Use that 15th roster spot for someone who can
>provide something this team lacks. Maybe that's a true point guard like
>El-Amin or Cook. Maybe it's a rebounder (my preference) like Derek Strong.
>Maybe it's a veteran like Derrick McKey.
>
>It's nothing against Strickland. Just explain to me how he helps the team.
>
>Mark