Draft, Perkins

[Josh Ozersky]

I don't see AJ as a banger.  He's long and fluid, a finesse player.
I love KP as a banger though.  Nor am I worried about his surgery.
I had the same surgery myself, and if you do the rehab it A) doesn't
limit your range of motion, and b) ensures that the dislocation never
happens again.

As for Spanish Chocolate, I'm with the posters on celticsblog.  He
looks weak, right handed, and slow, even against what might be
the worst defense played under the four winds.  And his passes,
though flashy, are generally inaccurate.  Nor can he shoot.  I can
only imagine what his defense is like.  The bottom line is that the
Celtics have no room for a rookie point guard of any kind, unless
he is some kind of savant.  (Jay Williams?)   Basically, we need
a ready-to-go, plug-and-play floor general, on the order of a Jamaal
Tinsley.  And Doc MUST have an X and O assistant, whether it's
Pete Carrill or somebody else.  That might be the single biggest
team need.

Josh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym at BATTELLE.ORG>
To: "The Boston Celtics Mailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:24 AM
Subject: RE: Draft, Perkins


> Yeah, I love Perk too. But I'm watching these playoffs -- the Western
> Conference -- and wondering more and more if a team can survive with two
> bangers up front like Perk and Al. It just feels like the league is
> moving away from that.
> 
> On Spanish Chocolate (wouldn't it be great if he were from Switzerland?)
> ... I watched that video and have read all the scouting reports. I'm
> certainly intrigued. I don't believe point guard is this team's greatest
> need, but if they draft one it needs to be someone who does things
> Delonte doesn't. For example, I don't see Marcus Williams as a
> tempo-changer or especially creative passer. I see him as a good
> half-court point guard. Fine. So is Delonte. But Rodriguez sounds like a
> tempo-changer. He likes to push the ball and is a really creative
> passer. That's different. And I love point guards like that. If he
> eventually can play alongside Delonte, then you deal with the glut of
> swingmen through trade.
> 
> I'd still prefer frontcourt help, but if they're set on a point guard,
> then this is the kind of player I'd rather take a chance on.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Piotrowski, Mark A
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:13 AM
> To: celtics at igtc.com
> Subject: Draft, Perkins
> 
> Perkins still The Man
> ----------------
> 
> i love this kid.  he's just got so much heart and determination.  An
> article 
> in the Providence Journal 
> about his shoulder starts:
> 
> "The first time it happened, there was pain. But the second time
> Kendrick 
> Perkins dislocated his left 
> shoulder, he rolled it back into place himself and tried to get back on
> the 
> court.
> But Celtics trainer Ed Lacerte intervened.  Perkins, Boston's developing
> 
> center, underwent arthroscopic 
> surgery on his shoulder on Tuesday, and yesterday he was back at the
> team's 
> training facility, receiving 
> treatment and watching some of his teammates run through drills."
> 
> The Draft
> ---------
> A while back Ainge said the guy he liked was pegged around 12 .... and
> in 
> today's papers he speaks 
> very highly of Sergio Rodriguez, who he was supposedly over in Spain
> scouting 
> (perhaps instead of 
> Splitter).
> 
> Celticsblog has a clip (via YouTube) up of Sergio and he reminds me a
> lot of 
> Steve Nash, despite his 
> nickname "Spanish Chocoalte".  JB was high on Rodriguez on the
> Celticspodcast 
> where they  dealt with 
> PGs too.
> 
> anyone else ahve a take on him?  he's #17 on the Draft Express board,
> but if 
> Ainge thoght he's the best 
> PG (like he said Delonte waas the #2 pg in his draft), might he just go
> ahead 
> and take him there?  Or 
> there are multiple opportunities to move down a few spots (or so it
> sounds) 
> and take him there.
> 
> (the otehr) mark
> 
> 
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