Re: Look For Chris Wallace To Be Brought Up On Murder Charges

[snoopy1@pig.net]

At 08:58 PM 1/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Wallace: Guilty of killing the Celtics chances of contending anytime
>soon,
>with his disaster of a draft, should be brought up on charges as:

Gee, officer, shouldn't that warrant have been drafted for Rick Pitino?


>The Great Gazoo isn't walking through that door.....

Hey, "dum-dum"--that's HEDLEY!!


>Eddie Griffin isn't walking through that door...
>
>Kwame Brown isn't walking through that door...
>
>Brendan Haywood isn't walking through that door...
>
>Eddy Curry isn't walking through that door....
>
>Zach Randolph isn't walking through that door....
>
>Tony Parker isn't walking through that door....
>
>Jamal Tinsley isn't walking through that door....

Well, at least you know who we didn't draft....


>Joe Johnson, however, did walk through that door and came down
>with a severe case of Montrossis. That's where you lose all your
>confidence, and
>become a shell of yourself. At least Montross waited a year before
>crashing and burning. Joe cracked after only a quarter of the season,
>which should send up big time warning flags.

We must have been watching from an alternate universe--in this universe, 
Johnson was drafted as a rookie and played well above traditional rookie 
levels, then fell off that exceptionally high pace, to do what most rookies 
do their first year--sit on the bench during games and work out in practice.


>Kedrick Brown also took a walk through that door, and sprained
>his ankle shortly after being elevated to the starting lineup by
>Johnson's default  .And while Kedrick's a great athlete, a great
>shooter, he's not.
>Perhaps he'll be the next Tracy McGrady, perhaps he'll
>be one of those players that is constantly injured.

Tell you what--you run down the length of a basketball court, jump in the 
air to make or contest a shot, come down on somebody else's foot, then get 
right back up an continue running up and down court with no loss of speed 
or mobility playing at NBA levels.  Then I'll take that last comment 
somewhat seriously.


>Joe Forte walked through that door right on to the IR. No room or
>apparent love
>for Joe, as he's Auerbach's draft choice and the front office boyos
>don't quite
>know what to do with him, or have any inclination to find the minutes so
>he
>can showcase his stuff.

Another rookie, who needs tome, like most rookies, to develop.  It's not 
like we got any #1 picks.  The fact is, given where we drafted, we did 
quite well for the future.  Right now, the Coach (you know--the guy who 
decides who plays and who doesn't?) has stated his rotation is pretty well 
set, barring further injuries.


>Two lottery picks and the 21st choice in what was
>a terrific and deep draft. And this is what the Celtics came out of it
>with!

Yes, like I said, none of them top five picks.  The C's did just fine.


>Meanwhile, Chris Worthless has the gall to comment in Sunday's paper
>that the
>Celtics need a point guard and a big man  No ka-ka Sherlock. How long
>did it
>take you to figure that out.....

Perhaps he saw no need to belabor the obvious.


>And to think the Big Man and the PG were right there for the C's in the
>past draft.
>No fuss, no waiting around for the next two years to acquire them.
>Hell,
>they didn't even need to trade up, though the Great Gasol or Griffin
>would have been just
>what the Celtics needed.

Gasol turned out a lot better than I, or many others, expected.  And he 
still has his problems.


>Nope, Worthless could have taken his pet project Brown at 11 and still
>come
>up with a Center or PF (Haywood or Randolph) at 10, and one of the PGs
>at 21.

You aren't serious about those guys, ARE you???


>After all, shooting guards are a dime a dozen, and with free agency
>being what it is today,
>if Wallace felt the need for an off guard that could provide offense, he
>could
>have always signed a good one in Jimmy Jackson. Or the Celtics could
>have got by this season using Strickland (another available free agent)
>at off guard,
>while Kedrick developed.

No need for that.


>All in all a poor job of GM-ing, and good luck trading Calbert Cheaney,
>I mean Joe Johnson, for a quality Big Man.

I'd take Joe over Calbert any day of the week.

This has not been a QM production.
No names were changed because according to Ray, everyone's guilty. :>)

Snoopy the Celtics Beagle