Summer League 5

[Kim Malo]

At 06:36 PM 6/1/2006, Piotrowski, Mark A wrote:
>Celticsblog is passing along that the C's have chosen the vets being sent to
>the summer league --
>there's some heartening news therin IMO....
>
>Orien Greene -- This to me suggests he's in our plans next season... even if
>it's in the D-League.

Thanks for passing this on. That's heartening. At a minimum it means 
they're giving him another shot and I think part of the year spent in 
the D-league could do wonders for his confidence and experience in 
running a pro level offense (that shot clock difference and what it 
means to decision making and options has to affect PG making the 
transition to pro more than any other position, I would think).

>Dwayne Jones -- see above.  He's a legit 6-11 and has shown an ability to
>rebound.  Can he do it consistently in the Bigs?  who knows but 
>what's the harm in taking another
>year to see.

Yup, with you here too. It was largely garbage time, but he he's an 
active, eager big body who looked better as he got a few more minutes 
under his belt. I wasn't has excited as some people were after his 
first game, but I liked what I saw for potential as I saw more of 
him. Probably just back-up potential, but solid specialist back-up, 
and that's not wholly to be despised.

>West / Greene / Dickau
>Szczerbiak / Allen

Tony's trial date has been set for Aug 14th. We'll see if he has a 
prior commitment.
Funny isn't it that the built more like a classic forward big, 
slowish, muscular Szczerbiak gets slotted here, but you're right in 
doing so. His game is really more SG and Pierce's more SF.

>...or possibly even resign Olowokandi for
>the minimum (anything
>above that I'm against... but for the min?  sure, why not?)

Because he barely bothered to move much of his time on the court. 
Yes, he'd occasionally come alive for a play or two, not always 
intelligently, but at least show evidence of a pulse, but that was 
about it. I really don't get it that so many people who couldn't 
stand Blount for the same things are pushing the idea of re-signing 
Olowokandi for any money. Why? For cripes sake, you can hire the guy 
who did Larry Bird's statue to create an inanimate object in uniform 
for less than the veteran minimum.

Kim