Re: Devin Harris and Zydrunas Ilgauskas

["Josh Ozersky" <jozersky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ray,

You don't know anything more about Perkins than the rest of us do.
You don't ever, ever, ever, trade a young big man for an old one with
bad feet.   Ever.  Esp. when we have had only the tiniest glimpses of
Perkins' vast upside.  The guy is a freaking teenager!  As for Illgauskus,
I will bet my life that he will be hurt again, and soon.  Bad feet never
go away.  This season is an abberation.  (And anyway, Illgauskus was
never a true star anyway.)

Josh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: re: Devin Harris and Zydrunas Ilgauskas


> Please Mark,
> You're as wrong about Ilgauskas as you are about Sheldon Williams.
> Perkins = Solid NBA Center to be; Ilgauskas = Quasi-All Star.
> Injury Prone? He's played in all 71 Cleveland games this season.
> He's averaging 15.4 points, 8.1 rebounds (and playing next to Boozer
> who ingests them), and 2.46 blocks. Those are damn good stats.
> And he's a free agent after next season, which means you have the
possibility
> of doing the same thing Portland did, if you can't/don't want to sign him.
>
> Hey, I put Perkins on my list of SOA players and he'll be a good solid NBA
center,
> but Ilgauskas is better.
>
> As far as Devin H goes, I think a shorter DJ type of player, so possibly
an Arenas
> type. Certainly a better prospect coming out of college than Banks was.
> Ray
>
> >
> > On a couple of recent Ray posts:
> >
> >
> >
> > The Celts love Devin Harris ... I like him, too. Someone compared him to
> > Gilbert Arenas and I think that's a pretty good comparison. He's
> > definitely an offensive-minded point guard, but the key is he's a point
> > guard. He plays point guard for Wisconsin. He's not a shooting guard who
> > would be switched to point guard (hello, Ben Gordon).
> >
> >
> >
> > Is he my ideal Celtic point guard? No. But I think he'll be a good NBA
> > player. He has a lot of "stuff." He can shoot, but he also can get to
> > the rim, has a great mid-range game, knows how to use the glass, and he
> > sees the floor. I like him. He's not Jason Kidd, but those guys don't
> > come along that often. I think he's a better player than Marcus Banks.
> >
> >
> >
> > On another draft note ... does anyone know if the Hoop Summit game will
> > be broadcast this weekend?
> >
> >
> >
> > Zydrunas Ilgauskas ... No thanks. Not if it means parting with Kendrick
> > Perkins. You don't trade a young center with Kendrick's upside for an
> > aging, seriously injury-prone former all-star who is a shadow of the
> > player he once was. Ilgauskas was a great player before the injuries.
> > Now he's a good player. Nothing more. Stay away.
> >
> >
> >
> > This and that:
> >
> >
> >
> > .... Danny tells Tommy he wants to see more of Marcus, Mihm and Hunter
> > and the same night Walter gets 46 minutes. Then, when Carroll sees
> > that's crazy, he plays Jumaine Jones instead of Hunter. Carroll knows
> > he's out of here, so he's not paying a lick of attention to anything
> > Ainge says. I don't really think it makes much of a difference at this
> > point (the ship has sailed), but it has to make Ainge simmer when
> > Carroll pulls this stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> > .... Danny talking about all the point guards in this draft. I don't
> > think he's sold on Banks either. Good. He shouldn't be.
> >
> >
> >
> > .... Did anyone have any thoughts on Okafor's performance Saturday? He
> > took over that game with four or five blocks in the first 10 minutes.
> > Just changed the way it was going to be played. Dwight Howard may be
> > great, but if he went to college and stuck around for three years,
> > wouldn't any coach in America be THRILLED if he turned out to be as good
> > as Emeka Okafor? How much better than Okafor could he be? And with
> > Okafor, you know you're getting a strong work ethic, a leader and a
> > team-first guy. If I were a GM with the top pick, I wouldn't think
> > twice. No way I'd take Howard over Okafor. No way.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark
>
> >** --------- End Original Message ----------- **