From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: West/Ainge - puzzles within a puzzle
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:45:52 -0400
Because we're dealing with West there very well may be a rat somewhere.
Unless............he's getting (got) dementia who knows . There's probably
a
mulligan in the deal somewhere.
Fore,
DanF
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From: <Eggcentric@xxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:42 AM
Subject: West/Ainge - puzzles within a puzzle
> I have never seen Banks, Perkins, or Dahntay Jones play, but am quite
> familiar with the assets/liabilities of Troy Bell having closely
followed
> Boston College. Much as I appreciate Bell's college play and character,
> I am afraid he will be yet another 6 ft. SG-PG pro tweener.
>
> I have high respect for Jerry West, but cannot understand his moves
> in this draft. He obviously prefers BELL TO BANKS or he would have just
> stuck with Banks at #13 and still easily obtained his man Dahntay (rated
> a #40-50 pick) at #27. Put another way, if West so liked Bell over
Banks,
> why didn't he simply draft Bell at #13 and Jones at #27 instead of
> having to trade for them? It would have saved his team 150 phone calls
> at .07 per minute and $29,500 on salaries... not much but every little
bit
> counts.
>
> Is there a future consideration owed West for agreeing to draft Banks
and
> turn him over to us?
>
> Rookie salary scale:
> #16 $1,071,200
> #20 $886,400
> Total: $1,957,600
>
> #13 $1,249,500
> #27 $678,600
> Total: $1,928,100
>
> I am hoping that Banks will be all that Ainge thinks he can be. Maybe
> Banks will prove to be a tasty hors d'oeuvre instead of the tree toad
> that many, aside from Ainge, think he is. Maybe there is tons of
untapped
> luscious to him, but early on, based upon his UNLV play and prior to the
> Ainge rumor (denied to the very end by both Ainge and Bank's agent)
Banks
> was considered about the 8th best PG in the draft. Like a miracle
capable
> of staggering sextillions of infidels (Celt fans), without workouts, his
> stock kept RISING ON NUTTIN giving us the impression that we have
> drafted a hot one.
>
> I only wonder if Bank's alleged speed, ''D'', drive and dish,
questionable
> perimeter shooting, and questionable character will ever equal his
> ''hype'' strategy. What will Danny do if Obie stubbornly prefers the
solid
> but unspectacular Bremer to him? I am hearing rumors that Banks is
> another Joe Forte personality, but if he can translate his bravado into
> deeds of beauty on the court, then no problem
>
> Is this draft merely full of marble before it blooms of statues? We
> won't know the results of this particular embryo draft for years to
> come what with such parity and confusion after the first ten locks.
>
> Maybe I am in the gutter looking at the stars, but I feel Ainge has
> at least addressed the right questions (PG and Center). I can only
> now hope Banks and Perkins will eventually prove to be the right
> answers.
>
> Egg