Re: Carmelo Anthony and other stuff

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Twang trying to impress MJ got us 3 loses against them.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: Carmelo Anthony and other stuff


> I'm wracking my brain trying to remember a freshman who so completely
seized
> control of an NCAA Tournament the way Anthony has this one, and the best I
> can do is Pervis Ellison. But he didn't do the things Anthony is doing.
>
> He's the type of talent the Celts would be well served to consider trading
> up for. I still come down on the side against trading Antoine for Anthony,
> simply because I think any Antoine trade has to fetch a power forward and
> point guard. The perfect trade would be Antoine and one or both
> first-rounders for a lottery pick that turned into T.J. Ford and a young
> power forward (Chandler, Kwame Brown, for example). If you could land
> Anthony and a PF or PG, then you'd have to consider it if you could still
> address the other problem in another way.
>
> Anyway, Anthony is unreal. He has a great feel for the game, too. He looks
> like a building block player.
>
> As for the Celts...
>
> It should be clear to everyone that it just isn't going to happen this
> season. Maybe they get lucky and match up with Detroit in the first round
> and sneak into the second, but that would be an indication of a favorable
> matchup (especially if Wallace is out), rather than the strength of the
> Celts. They're a first-round out, and without improvement, the playoffs
are
> no foregone conclusion moving forward.
>
> I thought Antoine showed yesterday that he's capable of impacting a game
> even when he doesn't shoot well. Unfortunately, he only seems to show it
> when he's trying to impress MJ. We lose those five good games a year next
> season.
>
> We can only hope changes are coming.
>
> Mark