Re: Perkins

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Teams obviously don't have to draft these young players. If they and we did,
we and they have to accept the responsibility of the problems along with the
plusses. The NBA assumes it's a free market at this point. If Perkins sits
at the end of the bench for a year or two but has promise where's the harm.
It's an investment. College grads aren't always the best investment, some of
them graduate to adult Pampers. The big untold story in the NBA is what do
these guys do after the horn blows. I have a feeling they visit the same
spots Rodman and Sir Charles did.

We drafted the best we could get our hands on for the voids we had.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Eggcentric@xxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Perkins


> < He'll never be a Moses or a Duncan, but it seems highly likely that he
> will be a good NBA starting center (i.e. 12-15 points and 9+ rebounds
pg).>
>  - Josh
>
> Bless you, Josh. You are an eternal optimist.  If Perkins ever produces
> 12-15 ppg plus 9+ rpg, well damn, that would be about as good as it gets.
>
> I appreciate the fact that Danny has attempted to address our need for
> a center, but would feel more secure with the pick if it hadn't been
> old silver-tongued Leo who put him on to Perkins. Leo has a history
> of lusting over big bodies who are three years to never from being
> productive. You know the line, ''I have been following this kid since Jr.
> High School. If he (fill in the name) waited to enter next year's draft,
> he would have gone top three, no question.''
>
> Parochial and outdated as my thinking might be, I view drafting high
> school kids as a no-win situation... bad for the kid and bad for the NBA.
> I wish the NBA would stop the practice.  Teams are stuck with these
> young player's salaries while changing their diapers through several
> unproductive years.  And should 10% of them finally prove to be worthy,
> their teams are still stuck with either re-signing them to a much
> larger contract than may be financially feasible at that time, or
> watching them instead eventually reach their heights with other teams.
>
> As a fan, I resent paying increasing $$$ to view an increasing percentage
> of players who are less than NBA quality.  If NBA teams are going to dig
> so deep as to draft high school kids or other such raw upsiders, they
> should at least have a MINOR LEAGUE in which to stash these players.
> That way these 2-3 year projects would not count against their team's
> roster or cap/luxury tax until they were actually ready to earn their
> keep in the big show.
>
> Egg