Re: Joe Johnson

[Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx]

I think giving up on a lottery rookie after one-half of a season like we did 
with Billups and JJ regardless of whether they started or not has to be 
considered rash. Starting and pulling him after he misses a three point shot 
or passes up one isn't what I call developing a player...

A side note: Note that former Celtics Bowen, Griffen, Fox and Wesley all 
started for their playoff teams, all players we developed and got nothing in 
return for.... 

Yes,  something definitely not connected between the coach and management. 
Ainge fits the bill with the long term plan and the power to enforce it.....I 
was also very encouraged by the Ainge quote below. This hits the nail on the 
head...

DJessen33

<< One can blame O'Brien for a number of things, but failing to give Joe
 Johnson a chance isn't one of them.  He was a STARTER.  He had a few nice
 performances, but more often than not he drifted on the court.  Has he
 "exploded" in Phoenix? >>

Ainge also took a roundabout shot at O'Brien regarding Johnson, the 
team's No.
1 pick (10th overall) in 2001 who lasted half a season before being 
traded to
the Suns. "If we're drafting Joe Johnson and we don't like to play him 
in
Boston, but he explodes in Phoenix, we have to evaluate what we're 
doing," he
told the Boston Globe. "It doesn't do me any good to go draft a player, 
if the
coach isn't going to put him on the court and give him a chance to 
develop. If
we're drafting players that aren't being developed or maybe we're 
drafting the
wrong players, or maybe we're drafting the right players that aren't 
being
developed properly ... either way it's bad."

Word.>>