Re: Some Depressing News From Peter May

[JB <jimmetz@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, June 16, 2002, at 12:01 PM, Way Of The Ray wrote:

> Eeny meeny Nene Hillario has measured out at 6-11 and can play center.
> Add that to his 7-4 wingspan, his 265 pounds, and the fact
> that May indicates that he may be the best athlete in the draft, and
> one has to question why Wallace lacked the patience to wait
> on the Denver pick?
>
> A pick that would have put the Celtics in
> position to get a Nene or a Wilcox, or a dropping Caron Butler,
> or perhaps a trade up for a franchise PG like Williams. Either way,
> the choice would have brought the Celtics a better prospect than
> Kedrick Brown.
> Ray
> 		************************
	Absolutely, a good point.
	While, the theory was sound, until McDyess went down,  that the 
Nuggets would not be a lottery team, what in the world did we think we 
would do with three rookies? Don't even mention the fact that none of 
them were point guards or centers. I'll never get over that. On the 
other hand, we didn't even want our own pick this year, although it was 
10 places up from the Denver pick we could have had.
	Ray, in another post, you mentioned that Gaston is the worst C's 
owner, ever. I don't know if Gov. Brown and wife Phyllis George, were 
not worse, trading three first round picks for MacAdoo, because wifey 
thought he was cute, but I do have fear that we won't be able to build 
on the only benefit of gambling away the future, for the taste of 
winning, that the playoff run gave us, because Gaston won't spend, even 
the extra cash he took in from the playoff games, not to mention the 
million here and the three million there, he got from some of Pitino's 
last few trades.
	I look at this team and love the effort they put out, becoming one 
of the better defensive teams, but know it's time to focus on rebounding 
and passing. If we lose Walter, Strickland and/or Rogers; I wouldn't 
mind, if we filled the holes at point and center.
	If I were GM, I'd make a list of  all of the centers and point 
guards that are available and better than what we have and I'd do 
whatever I could to try and get one or both. Maybe it's not possible, 
but at least I'd be trying. I don't like the drift I'm hearing, about 
keeping the core we have and not spending even more than a million for 
Rogers. Hopefully, that's negotiation talk, but as I said, I'd not sign 
Rogers, if I could get help at those other positions.
	Back to your point; my opinion is that most (like 8 out 0f 10) 
draft picks are never worth more than on draft night. Since you are the 
ultimate authority (TIC) on trade worthiness, what would you think, 
hypothetically, of course, about; Anderson, Vitaly and the Denver pick; 
for Olowakandi and McGinnis?
	

		JB

	
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