RE: [Celtics' Stuff Stats for Bryon Russell

["hironaka@nomade.fr"<hironaka@nomade.fr>]

Hi Mark:

On the one hand, if Russell were the start of a three-way 
trade scenario it wouldn't surprise me...it's just that 
Chris Wallace may not have the capacity to hold two cell-
phones and chew gum at the same time.

Maybe like you, I'm not convinced Bryon Russell is that 
valuable outside the specific context of the settled 
lineup and HOF point guard that Utah has. But here I'm 
using Eisley and Shandon Anderson as a basis for 
comparison. These guys are lame. I'd prefer Kevin Gamble 
or Blue Edwards over Eisley or Anderson. Or at least I 
wouldn't notice the difference.

On the other hand, we are presently talking about 
Boston's 22nd pick in the draft at this stage. And I 
doubt I've ever been less enthusiastic in recent years 
about an NBA draft (after picks 1-3 at least), or college 
and highschool basketball in general than in 2002.

Knowing Walter and Randy Brown are hard to give away and 
will likely never play again for Boston except to dangle 
as trade bait, there's not a whole lot of downside to 
this trade. No downside or upside, basically. Its Russ 
for a 20-25th pick most likely. This isn't a guy that's 
going to re-up for much more than the veteran minimum, 
given that every team faces the lux cap and the 2003 
Kidd/Duncan sweepstakes.

To me, this trade is more or less like having a do-over 
with Bryant Stith or Adrian G., while at the same time 
relieving our cap of Brown and McCarty.

And personally, I'm all for the rookies Kedrick and JJ 
waiting their turn and learning a few tips from proven 
NBA vets who play the same position. As strange as it 
sounds, one reason Boston has twice as many wins as 
Golden State is because we play wingmen like Eric and 
Erick while they play rookies like Jason Richardson. Its 
essentially the same reason a lot of on-paper, 
overachieving 40+ win teams used to beat the holy crap of 
Boston's Toine-Pierce-Mercer lineup without breaking a 
sweat.

Assuming NBA players peak more or less at 27 or so, there 
ought to be a significant advantage in knowledge and 
physical maturity that separates veterans from 20-year-
olds. Every extra full season of experience you have over 
someone in that sport likely provides an edge 
(particularly on the defensive end where all is won and 
lost). A guy like Strickland has played in over 250 more 
NBA games than Joe Johnson. That's basically the 
equivalent of nine full college seasons. If he hasn't 
gained any advantage from that experience, he's a retahd.

Even looking at NCAA ball these days, the successful 
teams so far mostly are built around prosaic 
upperclassmen who are marginal first rounders at best. 



> ---------- Initial message -----------
> 
> From    : "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
> To      : "Celtic igtc list (E-mail)" 
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> Date    : Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:43:54 -0500
> Subject : [Celtics' Stuff Stats for Bryon Russell
> 
> Here are some stats for potential trade target Bryon 
Russell:
> 
> 9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, .362 FG percentage, .262 3-
point percentage.
> 
> I was just thinking that a swingman who shoots 36 
percent from the floor and
> 26 percent from 3-point range was exactly what the 
Celtics needed. This is
> like trading a first-round pick for Eric Williams....
> 
> Of course, having him around would almost make 
Antoine's shooting look good.
> 
> I'm guessing Bryon would have been No. 1 on Leo 
Papile's draft board...
> 
> Do you think the Jazz offered B. Russell and Wallace 
got confused?
> 
> Mark
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