RE: Green room list

[Kai_Brunnen_G@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thoughts:

- Will the Celtics take Cook at 16?  Perhaps.

- Will Seattle draft Cook at 14?

- Will the Celtics take Carbakapa at 16?   If they don't want Phoenix
to have him. This is where promising Banks number 16, if such a promise was made,
 hurts the Celtics, as Phoenix takes Carba at 17,
New Orleans grabs Cook at 18, and Utah is happy with Pavlovic
at 19. 
 
- Will Jerry West Carba load at 13 or take Gaines and go with a two PG
backcourt?

- If the Celtics were considering Khryapa at 20, that option is now gone.
Ray

> ** Original Subject: RE: Green room list
> ** Original Sender: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
> ** Original Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:09:59 -0700 (PDT)

> ** Original Message follows... 

>
> Chad Ford from Insider has the list of invites to the green room for draft
> night. There are a couple of surprises: Brian Cook and Zarko Cabarkapa. They
> really could throw a wrench into things if they go much earlier than
> expected.
> 
> The surprise snub? Luke Ridnour. Check out his agent's lame attempt at spin
> control. He's desperately trying to avoid the perception that Ridnour is
> sliding. But there's also no Reece Gaines. Or Dwyane Wade, although that
> must be a mistake on Ford's part. 
> 
> The other name notable by its absence? Marcus Banks. If he had a promise,
> you'd think he might be included in the green room festivities. 
> 
> Mark
> 
> Want a pretty good sign of who will be in the lottery come draft night? 
> Look no further than the NBA's exclusive "Green Room" invitation list. Each
> year the NBA selects 12 to 15 players to travel to the draft and sit in a
> special player's only room. When a player's name is called on draft night,
> he gets to stroll to the podium, put on his new team's hat and shake David
> Stern's hand. 
> The invitation list is complied from a poll of NBA GMs on who they think
> will be drafted in the lottery. It's usually a great barometer of who will
> likely be selected in or around the lottery. 
> Each year there are a few surprising admissions and a snub or two. 
> This year the big surprises are invites to Illinois' Brian Cook
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18450>  and
> Serbian forward Zarko Cabarkapa
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18463> . 
> Four other international players -- Darko Milicic
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18423> ,
> Maciej Lampe
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18461> ,
> Mickael Pietrus
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18464>  and
> Pavel Podkolzine
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18544>  --
> were also invited to the room. 
> All of the other usual suspects will be invited: LeBron James
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18425> ,
> Carmelo Anthony
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18433> ,
> Chris Bosh
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18511> ,
> T.J. Ford
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18444> ,
> Chris Kaman
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18447> ,
> Kirk Hinrich
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18442> ,
> Mike Sweetney and Nick Collison
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18443> . 
> Cook, who many felt could slip out of the first round, has been playing to
> rave reviews at workouts. Several NBA sources now claim he could go anywhere
> from 10 to 19 in the draft. Cabarkapa is rumored to have a promise by the
> Suns at No. 17. But one league source told Insider he could end up going
> even higher. 
> One surprising omission was Oregon's Luke Ridnour
> <http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/d03/tracker/player?playerId=18434> .
> However, Ridnour's agent, Lon Babby, told Insider he asked the NBA not to
> put Ridnour on the list. Ridnour had a pulled muscle and missed several
> workouts. Babby felt Ridnour needed to spend every day, including draft day,
> working out.

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