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

[Marc Pierce <karhu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Jim Metz wrote:

> > ******************************
> > 	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.


Just a quibble here.  Wasn't Jones gone by the time Vrankovic made it to
Boston?  I thought Vrankovic was there during the Jimmy Rodgers/ Chris
Ford years.  I could be wrong, though.

Marc Pierce