Fwd: [Celtics' Stuff Fwd: Step Up To The Plate: Who Will The Celtics Draft?

[Jim Metz <james.metz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: JB <JimMetz@mac.com>
> Date: Wed Jun 19, 2002  10:18:51 PM US/Eastern
> To: Celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff Fwd: Step Up To The Plate: Who Will The 
> Celtics Draft?
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> On Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 06:34 PM, Fabio wrote:
>
>> P.S. Why aren't the Celtics following Euro basket closer? We only got 
>> Radja,
>> while everybody is getting Stojakovic, Turkoglu, Gasol and so on..... 
>> We
>> only got to choose Sesar, but we did not try him in Shaw Leagu
>
> Fabio
> ******************************
> 	Thanks for the rundown/lowdown on the Euro's, Fabio.
> 	Methinks, Wallace isn't quite neglecting those foreign players. 
> Remember, it was Pitino and Nelson that were chasing Nowitzki and 
> again, the Celtics were early admirers of Gasol, but those players were 
> chosen before us. Your guess is as good as mine, why they traded two 
> picks for Sesar and then have seemingly forgotten all about him, 
> drafting three more wing players last season. I won't even mention Ben 
> Pepper, for fear of starting that thread again.
> 	As for past Celtics from Europe, don't forget Stoijko Vrankovic. 
> I'll never understand why K.C. Jones didn't give him a chance. He was 
> one of the best defensive centers I've ever seen. I remember two back 
> to back pre-season games, where he stuffed Ewing and then David 
> Robinson, the next night. As I saw it, the team played much stronger 
> with him plugging the middle, but when the season started, he ate pine, 
> for most of the two or three years he was here. He should have been 
> playing and perhaps developing some offensive moves. I think Jones 
> really got the kid frustrated and he went home, never really developing 
> the way he might have, had another more flexible/adventurous coach had 
> him.
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> 		JB
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> 			Unchain My Heart!