Re: D'ellasandro: Celtics 8th in east

[Kim <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kendrick not Kedrick and it's still wrong IMO since Kendrick is very young and raw and will get eaten alive by more experienced starting centers most of the time until he gets up to pace on the NBA game. He CAN'T reliably substitute for Battie at this point in terms of what we need, but will quite likely bring more as soon as a year from now. I like what I saw, but he is really really raw, if quite talented with a surprisingly good idea of what an inside game should be. He's also very very young and used to totally dominating and might not cope psychologically well with too much apparent on court failure.

BTW, watching him do a very nice spin move made me think that bringing in Chief to mentor him would be a very good thought. For both of them.

And for cripes sake Egg, make omelets if you must but don't be ridiculous - an all too predictable comment by Ray equating to everyone says????????
Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Eggcentric@xxxxxxx
Sent: Oct 27, 2003 12:06 PM
To: Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Celtics@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: D'ellasandro: Celtics 8th in east

< I'm not eager to get rid of Battie, but I can sort of understand the 
reasoning.  If DA trades him as a salary dump and that allows 
1) Kendrick to get some minutes > - Kestas

Why do you feel Kedrick would get to replace Battie's minutes at the
4 and 5?  Kedrick is NOT a PF or C... he is not even a SG.  If Ainge felt SF 
Kedrick could function as a SG, he would not be looking to add another SG.

< ... and 2) to sign a better FA next offseason, then perhaps it makes 
sense. > - Kestas

HOW if we have to take back an equal Battie salary, which is the most
likely scenario.

Egg