Re: draft: then and now

[CeltsSteve@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 6/1/03 8:02:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
gk_tyler@yahoo.com writes:

> Part of our decision for Forte, I think, was that we had already reached 
> for Kedrick Brown and to "reach" for Parker would be, in many minds, tempting 
> fate by taking two with "potential."  Thus, we took the known, the safer 
> quantity--Joseph Forte.  


I would agree, Gene, given that Parker was and is more of a scoring PG than a 
pure PG. Plus, Forte was an All American and ACC POY (or was it co-POY?) and 
coming from UNC and more "proven" in one sense. His Washington, DC  area roots 
and Red's ties to that area no doubt helped seal the deal. 



> Funny how things work out.  Also, it makes me think there is a strong 
> tendency to balance this year's choices in the same way.  I doubt we will take two 
> foreign players--say, Barbossa and Pavlovic (altho' that sounds good right 
> now)--and expect us to take a "known" quantity at #16, say Collison, the 
> Kansas pf, with a "reach" at #20, say Krypalovicstein, you know, the slavic, 
> Russian Jew.  Oh, well.  I don't know much about these guys but the Pavlovic guy 
> sounds like a dog trainer's dream.  Cheers, Gene


 As long as Ainge doesn't automatically begin to salivate at the sound of 
(Troy) Bell.            
    
CeltsSteve