From: "Pereira, Jorge M" <jpereira@xxxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Looking for a center in all the wrong places
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:29:58 -0500
From Jorge Pereira - Jpereira@xxxxxxxx
Trades and drafts are far from my expertise but from a common sense point
of view I say we will not lose Blount come next year. He is the most
valuable player we have right now in the sense that we cannot survive
without a center and couldn't get anything close to his level if he left.
Raef is overrated and expensive and not an imposing center, rather a mix
PF/center. Mihm still finding himself.
I know this is a big jump in people's minds, but today (not in Obie time or
developing time, today!) only Shaq and Duncan are better, Garnett maybe
even. Yao getting there. In a speed up offense, only Duncan and Garnett
would match him. For me it's a no brainer. Sign him as the top priority,
even up to 10 million, preferably in the 5-8 mil range. Everything else is
secondary.
Would you give up a Shaq or Duncan? That's what Blount could be when this
team hits on all 4 cylinders.
Jorge