Re: deveney on Celts draft

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well we got it from the birds eye view of Cecil. Sounds great news.
Anticipate a good season ahead.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "celtics list" <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: deveney on Celts draft


> 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.