Re: rambling on Rogers, etc.

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let's not sign Rogers. Too slow, aging and we don't need another 3 point
shooter. He served his purpose very well. Time to move on. I have a feeling
the Conference will be more competitive this season, we'll have our hands
full. We need hellllllpppp.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "gene kirkpatrick" <gk_tyler@yahoo.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: rambling on Rogers, etc.


> I have mixed feelings about signing Rogers via the
> blank checkbook approach, if that news was accurate.
> If we have absolutely nothing left, it will destroy
> our ability to develop other big men.
>
> Rogers is important, but not all important.  For
> instance, I would rather have the two big men--DD and
> DS--the European and the rookie than Rogers; I say
> that fearing that it will be Rogers and not the other
> two.  Rogers gives us points, he spells Walker, he has
> improved defensively and with his inside game, but
> he's about at his peak and a four-year deal? (I'm
> guessing here) would be a lot of commitment for what
> he will give us.  And we still will not have helped
> ourselves in the paint.
>
> I guess I'm not too concerned about being in the
> conference championship game at all costs next year.
> I want to see a team that can develop into more than a
> contender.  And that, to me, means a team with some
> muscle, some scoring in the paint.  Nobody does that
> on this team!  Pierce drives in there, Walker
> occasionally flits in for the baby hook, Battie can
> follow up with a dunk, but nobody regularly posts up,
> takes a dribble and a six foot bank shot.  We can't
> win without real, bona-fide inside players.  So, we
> get lucky and draft a pretty fair one; we set our
> sights on one from Europe, but they may not make the
> squad due to McCarty and Blount!  Hold that NBA
> Ticket.
>
> And yet, my fears subside when I think that OB and
> Wallace know more about this than I do.  I'll stop
> since this is therapy for me but not necessarily for
> anyone else.  Cheers, Gene
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