Step Up To The Plate: Who Will The Celtics Draft?

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, who will it be?

Make your pick.

Considering the Celtics recent drafting
record, you're liable to do a better job than Chris Worthless....

Here are some possible candidates for number 50.
Now if they move up in the second round, all bets are off.....

Foreign Players:

Anderson Varajeo - 6-10 PF Brasilia - Great promise. His Euro club is
limiting his minutes to keep the NBA sharks from circling.

Luis Scola - 6-9 PF Argentina -  Got heart, hands, and toughness.

Vlatko Ilievski - 6-3 PG  Macedonia - Intriguiing Euro point guard
with scoring ability.

Christous Tapoutos - 6-9 SF Greece - Only 20 and compared
to Toni Kukoc.

Lazaros Papadopoulos - 6-11 C Greece - Mixed reviews, but someone's
likely to take him in the second round.

Fatih Solak - 7-0 C Turkey - Big, raw, and strong. Compared to Vitaly.

David Andersen - 6-10 PF Austraila - Athletic Affable Australian, but
garnering mixed
reviews.

Goran Cakic - 6-9 SF Yugoslavia - Yet another athletic, sweet shooting
Euro SF.


High School or such

DeAngelo Collins - 6-9 SF/PF Inglewood and JV Hall - Talented but
troubled.
Would go against O'Brien/Wallace character requirements to draft him,
but
could be a steal.

Giedrius Rinkevicius - 7-2 C Bridgton Academy/Lithuania - Could he be
the
next Ilgauskas?  Who knows, but at 50, a 7-2 young big man is worth a
shot.


JC (No, not Jesus Christ)

Lee Benson - 6-10 or so PF Brown Mackie - A surefire second round steal.

Just get him the playing time and teach him some defensive fundamentals.

Kei Madison - 6-9 SF Okaloosa-Walton - Teammate of Kedrick Brown,
and a possible and stupid pick by the Celtics if they're repaying a
favor.
But since he was booted out of Okaloosa, this Berry conspiracy idea
loses merit.
Not likely to be a NBA player.


Division II

Ronald Murray - 6-4 PG Shaw - Likely gone before fifty. Scouts like his
size
and quickness.

Lorinza Harrington  - 6-4 PG Wingate - How's this for obscure. This guy
was a Division
II third team All American, but has size and quickness that's appealing.
Not as good
a shooter as Murray. May possibly be there at fifty, though unlikely at
the moment.


NCAA

 Sam Clancy - 6-7 PF USC - Real good player. C's had great interest in
him
last year. Lack of size and a injury may drop him down and you can never

have enough undersized PFs.

J.R. Bremer - 6-2 PG/SG St. Bonaventure - Strickland like combo guard.
Plays the tough D that O'Boring loves.

Ryan Humphrey - 6-7 SF/PF Our Lady - Stock rose in Pre-Draft shindigs.
Goes somewhere in the second.

Lubos Barton - 6-8 SF Valapariso - Fine Czech small forward with good
size.

Vincent Yarbrough - 6-7 SF Tennessee -  Good but bland.

Robert Archibald - 6-11 PF/C Illinois - Hard worling bench guy in the
Pros.
Will play the pipes at halftime, so added bonus. I request "Green Fields
of France".

Chris Christoffersen - 7-2 C Oregon - Size, weight, and speed gets this
improving project big man to the second round, and he will stage a
memorial
concert for fellow Highway Man Waylon Jennings.

Jamal Sampson - 6-11 C/PF California - Real raw. Came out too early.
But intriguing because of rebounding/shotblocking ability.

Lonny Baxter - 6-7.5 PF Maryland - Seems like he can be a good NBA
player despite the size questions.

Corsley Edwards - 6-9 C/PF CC State - Big Corsley bought himself some
job
security with his play in the pre-draft hoedowns.

Juan Dixon - 6-3 PG/SG Maryland - Unlikely to be around, but stranger
things have happened. Combo guard who can score and steal.

Steve Logan - 5-11 PG Cincinnati - Great leadership and toughness.
A smidgeon of a chance that he'll be there at 50.

Smush Parker - 6-4 PG Fordham - Intriguing but turnover proned PG.
NBA loves his size and mentality.

Tito Maddox - 6-4 PG Parts Unknown - Like a middle class Jason Kidd.
Very interesting, but will he drift all the way to fifty?

John Salmons - 6-7 PG/SG/SF - Miami - Mr. Versatility can come off the
bench for an NBA team and play three positions, and they love his
size.

Marcus Taylor - 6-3 PG/SG  Michigan State - Not ready for the pros.
But at 50, everyone's worth a look.

Ray