celtics roundup

[Berry, Mark S]

You're assuming Telfair is something he hasn't proven to be yet. There
is a reason he was available. Portland liked Jarret Jack and Steve Blake
at least as much. Jack and Blake both had better numbers than Telfair
last year.

I know he can make highlight reel passes. I don't know that he's a
better player or point guard than Delonte West at this point. Delonte
started 70-some games for a better team, put up excellent numbers and
was the second most important player on the team last year. Telfair lost
his starting job, put up bad numbers on a worse team and was deemed
expendable.

Now ... If Telfair reaches his full potential, he could be a great point
guard. But just moving from Portland to Boston doesn't automatically do
that. Believe me, I'm hoping he turns into that player. I really, really
am. If he does, Delonte makes a great swing guard. But Telfair still has
a ways to go to prove it to me.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Josh Ozersky
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:57 PM
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Subject: Re: celtics roundup

Mark, 

I know you like Delonte and everything, but on the best day
of his life he couldn't have beaten Telfair as an 8th grader.
I am surprised that you are so skeptical about a player who 
nearly everyone regards as true born point guard, in a period
when such players are as rare as plutonium.  I'd like to see
how many minutes West gets at the 1 after Telfair has been
in camp a week.  We've been needing this guy for ten years.

Josh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym at BATTELLE.ORG>
To: "The Boston Celtics Mailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:27 PM
Subject: RE: celtics roundup


> Josh, he's a great passer. We know that. But there's a lot more to
being
> a great point guard than just that. Look at his numbers the last two
> years -- not good. In fact, he really only had one good month last
> season -- and the team was 1-10 that month.
> 
> He might mature into the player Ainge thinks he can be, but it's far
> from a sure thing. Yes, he came from a bad team but that cuts both
ways.
> Believe me, I'm not dismissing his talent. I do think he has a chance
to
> be good. But I'm not ready to say he's our starting point guard or
ever
> will be. He was a second-year guy, just like Delonte last year, and
> couldn't hold Delonte's sneakers.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of jozersky at optonline.net
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:45 AM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: Re: celtics roundup
> 
> Flashy sideshow?  Are you kidding?  Telfair is one of the top five
> natural point guards in the league right now.  I don't think you
> appreciate what he is.  Check this out:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI9GATF5yLg
> 
> I'm against the Iverson trade just because it would take the ball
> out of his hands.
> 
> Josh
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym at BATTELLE.ORG>
> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:49 am
> Subject: celtics roundup
> 
>> A few things today:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --- Pierce has agreed to his extension. That locks him up for the
next
>> five seasons. That's a perfect deal for the Celts. His deal will be
up
>> just as he starts to decline. At no point in that contract should 
>> he be
>> untradeable. Good deal.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --- Big Al quietly got better every game in Vegas. He was buried 
>> prettyquickly out there, but I think it's reasonable to expect some 
>> rust from
>> him after being off for so long. I'm still not willing to hinge
>> everything on him, but he deserves some credit for improving 
>> throughoutthe week. He has taken some unfair shots this week.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --- Rondo has been the most pleasant surprise of Vegas for me. I 
>> wasn'ta fan of picking him up, but it sounds like he's playing 
>> well. I still
>> question just how good he can be without even a Kidd-level outside 
>> shot,but it sounds like he has been impressive.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --- I hope Philly trades Iverson to someone else soon. I hate this.
>> Simmons in his chat yesterday said he'd trade Ratliff, Green, 
>> Jeffersonand a No. 1 for Iverson. That deal would make me sick.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --- I said it before ... Ainge better be right about Telfair. If not,
>> that trade could go down as a really, really bad one. Brandon Roy has
>> been impressive by all accounts. If Telfair is just a flashy
sideshow,
>> Ainge will regret that move. I'm not saying that's the case, but 
>> I'm not
>> convinced Telfair only needed a change of scenery.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
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