Re: Class of 2003 - Point guards

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Eggcentric@xxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:18 AM
Subject: Class of 2003 - Point guards


> Was our board down again yesterday, or were there simply no posts?
>
> I have been confused and curious about the 2003 PG draftees, so Josh's
> appraisal of Banks, ''He's the most NBA-ready point of all the rookies -- 
> this year's tony parker,'' further tweaked my interest on this important
> issue.
>
> This 2003 group of PG rookies will most certainly be interesting to
> follow this season even though one season does not translate into a
> career, nor immediately justify each rookie's 2003 draft order.
>
> It appears four of the 2003 PG draftees (Jones, Wade, Ford, Banks) will
> get max playing time due to their good fortune of having been drafted by
> teams presently bereft of point guards.  This should certainly boost
> their first year stats while other draftees, i.e. the talented Hinrick,
> Ridnour, and Gaines, will likely see less playing time and therefore
> record less impressive numbers in their first year.
>
> I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP
>
> This is not your father's NBA. Most of the present players are
individually
> no longer fan-attractive, and the draft has become one big crap shoot.
> In attempting to compare college seniors to college underclassmen,
> Europeans, and high schoolers, is it a fair statement to say that we now
> must wait about three years to fully evaluate the success or failure of
> each team's draft?
>
> Call me impulsive, but as each year passes, must I patiently wait yet
> another three years?  I was a young, beautiful woman when this Celt
> bullshit began to surface with Gavitt, then with Carr hiring himself as
> Coach, followed by Pitino, Wallace, and Ainge bullshit.
>
> What really has changed from owner to owner, GM to GM, and coach to
> coach as I have aged and ripened on the sidelines?
>
> Eggy
> --------------------
> PG Draft Order/ player/ projected status
>
>   1) James (Cleveland) Starting PG
>   5) Wade (Miami)       Starting PG
>   7) Hinrick (Chicago)  2nd string PG behind Crawford
>   8) Ford (Milwaukee)   Starting PG
> 13) Banks (Boston)  Starting PG
> 14) Ridnour (Seattle)   2nd string PG behind Daniels
> 15) Gaines (Orlando)    2nd string PG behind Lue
> 16) Bell (Memphis)  4th string PG behind Williams, Watson, Knight
>     (West's picks get curiouser and curiouser)
> 21) Diaw (Atlanta)  Starting SF
> 22) Planinic (NJ)       2nd string PG behind Kidd
> 28) Barbosa (Phoenix)   2nd string PG behind Marbury
> ----------------------
> 38) Blake (Wash.)       4th string PG behind Arenas, Hughes, Whitney
> 40) Zimmerman (GS)  4th string PG behind Van Exel, Claxton, Sanchez
> 46) Becirovic (Denver) Not with team
> 47) Mo Williams(Utah)   3rd string PG behind Arroyo, Lopez
> 50) Morlende (Sea)      Not with team