High School Big Man?

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- Dan Wetzel from CBS Sportsline says there's "some talk"
of the Celtics taking a high school big man with the 20th pick.

- Will Podkolzine's treatable pituary disorder drop him in the
draft? It may affect some skittish GMs, but shouldn't depress
his value too seriously.

- If Jim O'Brien wasn't such a disaster of a developer, taking a guy 
like Ndubi Ebi with the 20th pick would be a great move. 

- Don't know what it means, but Nick Collison has worked out for
almost every team between 4 and 17, except Boston and Washington.

- Suns chief scout Dick Van Arsdale projects Victor Khryapa to go 
in the lower third of the draft. Then again, it's in the Suns interest 
for Khryapa to be in that range.

- Defending Speedy. Have to understand that he was stuck behind Parker
and Iverson/Snow and recovering from an achilles injury. So, his
progress has been muted. He certainly fits into Ainge's concept as
a "change of pace" guard.
Ray