Re: Bulpett: Real Good News: C's After Barry

["Josh Ozersky" <jozersky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would love to have Vitaly back in green, although
not at big money.  We need someone big and tough,
who knows how to box out and keep guys out of the
paint.  Personally, I would like to see Mihm develop
here most of all.  Keep the likes of Radmonivic away....
more toughness, more rebounding...

more Hunter....

josh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: Bulpett: Real Good News: C's After Barry


> He won't be playing shooting guard. He'll be playing point guard. We can
> debate whether or not he's a point guard, but that's the position he'll
> play in Boston. Ainge sees him as the big, shooting, passing point guard
> that will take control of the offense. I hope he's right. I love players
> like Brent Barry - unselfish and incredibly efficient. Is he a point
> guard? Is Mike James? Is Marcus Banks?
> 
> 
> 
> As for Juwan Howard, I'm relieved it isn't happening. Tammo, your post
> this morning pretty much sums up my feelings about it. I could
> understand it. I think you could make a case for it (I tried to
> yesterday), but my heart just isn't behind a trade for Juwan Howard
> unless there's a big-time sweetener involved. He'd be OK. He's not the
> answer, and we'd all be biding our time until they trade him for
> something better. Anyway, I'm glad it's not happening (assuming today's
> news is accurate).
> 
> 
> 
> Back to the Seattle deal ... It sounds like they might be expanding the
> trade. The available names in Seattle are Vladimir Radmanovic, Calvin
> Booth, Jerome James, Vitaly Potapenko and Flip Murray. Rad is an
> undersized, three-point shooting power forward. Most observers believe
> his best position is small forward, but he can't play there in Seattle
> because Rashard Lewis is there. He'd play power forward in Boston, too.
> Sounds like something between Walter and Antoine. Booth, Potapenko and
> James are overpaid centers. Seattle has been overpaying bad big men for
> a decade. James and Vitaly have one more year on their contracts. Booth
> has three more. For that reason, we don't want Booth. Murray is really
> interesting. He put up some huge numbers while Ray Allen was hurt
> earlier this season, but has struggled in a greatly reduced role off the
> bench. He's kind of a combo guard. I think he could be a Cuttino
> Mobley-like player off the bench.
> 
> 
> 
> From the Celtics' end, you have to think the Sonics are after Mihm. They
> need big men, especially cheap big men.
> 
> 
> 
> This does nothing for the glaring rebounding problems, but you have to
> take care of the problems one at a time. This one, in Ainge's opinion
> (and I agree), takes care of point guard. Let's hope it happens.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> P.S. Iverson ... NO, NO, NO, NO, NO ... But I wouldn't be opposed to a
> trade that routed him somewhere else and brought something back to the
> C's. Of course, this kind of deal would have to involve Pierce. Paul is
> really disappointing me. Last night the only time he seemed interested
> at all was when the ball was in his hands. He loafed up and down the
> floor, loafed on defense and continued his disturbing trend of leading
> by example exactly in the wrong direction. The Celtics' best player is
> acting disinterested, unmotivated and selfish. A team follows its best
> player. I thought Pierce was more competitive than that. Like I said,
> it's disappointing.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Tammo wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Well, I guess that teaches me not to respond to posts until I read the
> morning news.  With the glaring weaknesses we have on this team right
> now, I'm
> mystified as to why Ainge is so dead set on another shooting guard.  Oh
> well, I
> think we had better be willing to give up Welsch or Davis if we bring in
> Barry.
> We just don't have room for all three.