Re: 2001 draft?

["Josh Ozersky" <jozersky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Not to beat a dead horse, Pete, but they also took Kedrick
ahead of Jefferson.  I liked Joe, and still would rate him ahead
of Jefferson as a talent, but there isn't one GM in the NBA that
wouldn't rather have Jefferson now, Jefferson tomorrow, and
Jefferson forever (to coin a phrase.)

Josh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GuyClinch@xxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: 2001 draft?


> The 2001 draft may well have been the worst in Celtics history. I know, I
> know, you can talk about traded picks all you want. But the Celtics never
> badly misjudged so badly, whiffing three times in one of the deepest first
> rounds ever. How they took three small forwards and still managed to miss
> Richard Jefferson, right off the NCAA title game; how they passed Tony
Parker
> Do you actually follow the NBA? Joe Johnson is the better then all those
guys
> they "whiffed" on. <g>
>
> Why do you think Wallace and Papile are on the payroll? They DO know how
to
> evaluate talent. Richard Jefferson doesn't have half the ability of Joe -
sorry.
>
> Pete