Re: Jumaine Jones

[Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx]

Egghead, you make me laugh. The uninformed, they are nothing but putty in 
your hands....

DJessen33


> < So, what were Ainge's picks then and why did Wallace/Papile 
> prevail? >  - Kestas
> 
> It's misleading to think Wallace/Papile prevailed, since Danny of course
> had the final say.  At the point when Ainge was hired, W/P already had 
> done a fair amount of scouting and had targeted Banks as their favorite
> PG at the #16 spot, loved Perkinsb upside, felt Hunter was a sleeper, 
> and had no interest in Songaila.  Ainge happened to also be familiar with 
> (and impressed with) Banks, but was unfamiliar with Perkins, Hunter, 
> and Songaila. 
> 
> If you are asking who Ainge's top picks were, his choices kept changing
> out of necessity.  I forget the exact time line now, but at some point,
> Ainge had settled on a Walker/Brown trade to Chicago for Jay Williams/
> Fizer/Robinson. Then came Williams' unfortunate motorcycle accident. 
> Ainge next attempted to obtain Bosh et al in a trade with Toronto, and 
> Sweetney et al in a trade with the Knicks. He also liked Pavlovic and 
> Hinrich.  And I should insert here that had Ainge been able to sign Karl 
> Malone he would have then felt free to trade Walker for Sprewell. 
> I guess what I am saying is that Danny was being pulled in two 
> directions -the now vs. the future - with no clear cut preference or 
> written-in-stone convictions for either.
> 
> Come draft night, had Ainge not sacrificed his #20 for West's #27 in 
> order to snag Banks at #13 for our #16, it is rumored he was prepared 
> to take Cook over Perkins had Cook not been chosen at #24.   
> 
> By the way, Kestas, forget about ''deep Throat.''  I am doing a poor job 
> of filtering his info, as I am by nature a lot more negative than he is.  
> As a female, I have little background and knowledge concerning the 
> intricacies of Bball, my main connection to the Celts being a very 
> close relative who happens to be a sportswriter at the same newspaper 
> for which I do occasional political editorials... satires under a different 
> name, of course.  I hear lots of juicy Celt ''insider''  stories along with 
> occasional timely scoops, but am unfortunately sworn to secrecy from 
> divulging most of them ... left only to hint at some.  
> 
> Even my husband can't figure out why I feel compelled to occasionally 
> rain on Celt optimist's parades. Why would I even bother to state that 
> Jones' biggest advantage over Kedrick is that Obie can now use him in 
> the same way he erroneously used Kedrick - instruct him to dash down 
> the right lane of the court, position himself at the 3-point line, patiently 
> wait to receive the ball, and then launch a 3-pointer, but with a bit 
> more accuracy than Kedrick?  
> 
> But despite my acid tongue (a little pepper has always seemed to me
> a lot more interesting than sugar), ''on the other paw'' I do get off on 
> the Celtics and root for them in every game.  I just can't resist tweaking 
> other pompous ''cyber mouths,'' ( i.e. those who predict we will finish 
> 2nd in the ED having added only a rookie PG to our now six-year tired
> starting lineup) if only to balance and enliven such a serious dialogue. 
> 
> To that end, I will keep posting away and joyously inhaling every little
> fume from every lister's post.  It is truly amazing to me how erudite
> so many of you are considering that it is ''only'' a sports list. 
> 
> It has been much fun, and I thank you all for that. 
> 
> Brenda (Egg)