RE: deveney on Celts draft

["Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had the chance to see Brandon Hunter and the Ohio Bobcats when they played here in Halifax a couple years ago.  In fact they came in for two consecutive years.  My impressions of him were that he seemed like an NFL defensive lineman playing basketball.  By that I mean he was BY FAR the strongest, meanest looking dude on the court.  He has a wide body which he uses nicely for rebounding position and he is STROOOONG!!!!  He'll undoubtedly get whistled for some petty calls as his opponent will find that he's getting pushed in the back a little and will embellish it to get the call, but he is a relentless board pounder.  For a man of his size, he had good hands and showed a nice turnaround j off the glass.

I also remember that he was not the slowest guy downcourt, even after getting a rebound and making the outlet pass, he ran the floor pretty well.

Finally, inside around the hoop, you will see many players in the league who throw up a shot without following it, appearing as if the shot will fall automatically.  Not Hunter.  It's almost like he thinks each shot will miss and he wants that offensive reb so he can slam it home.

I think this guy has the killer instinct and see no reason why we should keep Bruno at this point.

Cecil  

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Ozersky [mailto:jozersky1@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: June 27, 2003 2:44 AM
To: celtics list
Subject: deveney on Celts draft


Contrary to what self-serving Lampe-lovers Ray and Chad Ford say, most sane
observers seem to agree that the Celtics made
out really well.  Sean Deveney:  Now what? Jones will play in Memphis, but the
Celtics got a second player in return for him, Kendrick Perkins, a high school
center. The Celtics translated their two picks, then, into a high-end point
guard, Banks, and a high-upside big man, Perkins. That's two highly rated guys
coming to Boston, a very productive draft to support Antoine Walker and Paul
Pierce. Perkins could develop into a solid paint player, and the Celtics need
that badly.

Tolbert singled out the Celtics as the team outside the top three most likely
to be helped by their pick.  And no one has
mentioned the fact that the team picked up the leading rebounder in Division I
(and most athletic big man in Chicago) with the frigging 56th pick.