Re: Re: Tidbits from Sean Deveney

[ryan nelson <ryanmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe i am an idiot but why wouldn't ainge or any other gm want players who could both play half court offense and run the fast break?  Was that the most obvious comment ever made?  Jeez danny, what's next?  wanting to have a team that scores more points than the other team on a consistent basis.

Between these ridiculuous statements, the re-signing of o'brien, and this whole brain doctor thing, my opinion of ainge is not very high.

Like I say though, anything is better than chris wallace, even inamimate objects and jan volk.

ryan



-------Original Message-------
From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
Sent: 05/21/03 02:56 PM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: Tidbits from Sean Deveney

> 
> You haven't heard him on WEEI, I take it.

Ainge is gung ho about building the team around the cornerstones
of Pierce and Walker.

Getting players that can compliment them

Reducing their cap burden to avoid the luxury tax

Most interesting thing he said, was the part about wanting players who
can play both in a half court and full court offense,
and create offense for others. Leaves your friend TJ Ford
out. Indicates to me that he needs a PG who can shoot from the outside,
run the fast break, and produce scoring opportunities for other players
not named Pierce or Walker.

Ray

> > ** Original Subject: Tidbits from Sean Deveney
> > ** Original Sender: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
> > ** Original Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 11:26:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > ** Original Message follows...
>
> >Here are a few blurbs from Deveney's CBS Sportsline column. Hmm. The
Kings,
> > Mavs, Spurs and Pistons are the teams most involved in scouting
Europe. What
> > do they all have in common?
> >
> > The Antoine crack is pretty much the consensus, it seems. I don't buy
it. I
> > think there are teams out there that believe they can "fix" Antoine. I 
hope
> > one of them gets a chance to try (assuming the deal coming back is
good for
> > the C's). Paul M., welcome back, and feel free to savage this post
> > unmercifully.
> >
> > Also, I read somewhere else that Obie was on WEEI today and said he
and
> > Ainge were on the same page in regard to the offense. Sure they are.
Then
> > again, who knows? Maybe Dr. Jack's remarks about point guards are
accurate.
> > Maybe Obie learned something this season. But don't forget he went on
and on
> > before the season started about how much better he thought they'd be
with
> > Delk and Shammond Williams at PG because of their improved defense and
> > shooting. Obie made it clear from the start that he wasn't wild about
Vin
> > Baker, but he was very positive about the "we don't need a point
guard"
> > theory. So, I might be convinced that he learned a lesson this season, 
but I
> > won't forget that he was the one discounting the need for a point
guard in
> > the first place. Anyway, I'm with Obie in saying they need someone
better
> > than Travis Best or Kenny Anderson. Those guys aren't solutions. I
don't
> > know what the solution is, but they're not it.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > Sure, just about every team has sent front-office personnel to Europe
for a
> > look at the major tournaments, and it might seem the entire league has 
gone
> > international. Not quite. Conversations with three agents and two
general
> > managers put the number of teams that are really in Europe -- and "in" 
means
> > they have scouts there who work from the inside, watch practices and
know
> > players, rather than merely watch major tournaments -- at four.
> > The Kings and Mavericks still are the heavies in Europe, but the Spurs 
and
> > Pistons are just behind. The Jazz has a presence, and the Nuggets and
Knicks
> > are expanding their European operations. Everyone else? "They
basically
> > steal information from the teams that are over there," one agent says. 
. . .
> >
> > .... .... ...
> > New Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge told the
Boston
> > Globe last week that an extension for coach Jim O'Brien was his top
priority
> > and that he had no intention of trading PF Antoine Walker. Both were
> > no-brainers, though. O'Brien has led a team with limited talent and no 
depth
> > to 93 wins in two years. Walker shot 39 percent this season and has a
> > maximum-salary contract -- no one would trade for him, anyway. . . .
> > .... ... ...
> > The consensus is that though Texas high school star C Kendrick Perkins
> > declared for the draft, he won't hire an agent and will wind up going
to
> > college (he has a commitment to Memphis). SF Charlie Villanueva,
though,
> > probably will go in the low first round and won't play in college.
>
> >** --------- End Original Message ----------- **