RE: not a done deal / rotation

["Belanger, Roger" <Roger.Belanger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We already got one of them, and he's on the wagon! ;-)

roger 



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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Wright, Cecil
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:36 AM
To: celtics list
Subject: RE: not a done deal / rotation

I wonder if the name "Boozer" came out of Ainge's mouth?  I would have much
rather had him than Stewart for example.

Cecil

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Ozersky [mailto:jozersky1@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: December 16, 2003 4:27 AM
To: celtics list
Subject: not a done deal / rotation


Who's to say that Tony will pass his physical?  He
has a seriously and permanently (by the sound of it)
damaged knee.  I wonder if this is really a done deal.

If so, I echo the sentiments of Mark, Ray, et. al.  You
have to be excited to add this kind of talent to the roster. This makes
us the Mavericks of the east, the most talented team going (assuming
that everything pans out) in our conference.  It is the end, however, of
the team that turned
the Celtics around.   We are again without a spirtual leader,
and it showed tonight, as the Celts looked like a rudderless ship
against the Wolves.  Marcus Banks has lost the progress he was making,
and Kendrick Brown showed us just enough to be frustrated that he isn't
playing more.  Will he now get some run?  I doubt it....Obie didn't play
him until the last four minutes of a short-handed blowout when Mark
Blount was having his worst night ever.  I doubt we will see much of him
unless Ainge leans on obie.  We'll now see how much intangibles count
for vs. talent.  I am guessing we will lose several games and all the
momentum from our win streak as the new guys get acclimated.  But in the
long run, I feel this makes us much more legitimate title contenders.
If Mihm is even a quality starter, that will give us the deepest big man
rotation in basketball:  Mihm, LaFrentz, Perkins and Blount, in that
order. And then Vin (who hardly saw the ball tonight, another bad sign)
at the four, backed up by whichever of the above four is convenient.
Jiri, Pierce, Davis and Banks will rotate in the swing and backcourt
positions, with Hunter, Jones, and Walter getting spot minutes.  Not too
shabby.

Josh