Re: "Pierce is going to love playing with Sebastian Telfair.”-CelticsGreen

[Kestas]

This sounds about as objective as a White House press release and 
actually surpasses the official mouthpiece of the Boston Celtics, Shira 
Springer, as a Stalinist Russia-style panegyric to the courageous and 
inerrant leadership of our beloved Pa...err, ball club. These guys are 
either raking in the green from the Green (am I naive in even doubting 
this?), or have Tommy Heinsohn ghost-writing these encomia.

To me, what transpired yesterday comes down  to this:
1) The C's owners saved a nice bundle by dumping Raef's contract.

2) We added a headcase's headcase (who excelled even among the 
Jailblazers),  who's  5-10, can't shoot,  and  was beaten out by Steve 
Blake, as our next PG. I'm sure Pierce will be delighted to watch 
Starbury's cousin dribble out the clock while attempting to pull that 
sick And1 move. Such a talent of course could not be found in this 
year's draft at any pick and will be a fantastic role model for our 
young corps.

3) The little gangsta wannabe may  or may not be moved in an attempt to 
obtain another gangsta wannabe,  an aging 5-10 ballhog who's not a PG, 
doesn't shoot very well, and requires a team to be constructed around 
him  to rebound his misses and cover  up size mismatches due to playing 
him at shooting guard. On the plus side, between AI and Pierce, we could 
be averaging 50 FTs per game! What fun!!!

4) We also acquired another non-shooting 5-10 PG, who  was  clearly 
worthy  of the 7th pick, but luckily slid right into Danny's warm 
embrace at 21. This always happens to us: we either snatch a high 
lottery pick who inexplicably slides, or trade our pick for a guy who's 
better than anybody in the draft. Imagine how the Celtics would be doing 
if we didn't have such incredible luck!

5)  Lastly, we got some guy who was a good, if quite undersized, PF  in 
college, when he had healthy  knees, and who duplicates what Gomes does.

For the city of Boston, this means that the Mayah will have to initiate 
another gun buyback program for Telfair/Iverson and their sizeable 
posses, except instead of Target gift cards, they will have to give out 
rebates to Cadillac dealerships and shops that specialize in 
ghetto-izing Escalades. And I will have to watch out for even more 
recklessly driven jumbo SUVs while commuting around the North Station on 
game nights.
Kestas

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>  The Day After 6/28
>by bchistorian
>
>June 29, 2006
>
>i really like the draft results for the celtics. and i would prefer  
>getting garnett to getting iverson.
>if we were to get iverson then west is gone i think. philly would  
>prefer the local product who currently might be the best of our young  
>pg bunch.
>
>Going into the NBA Draft, the Celtics needed a point guard. But in  
>the days leading up to last night, they decided none of those floor  
>generals available were worth taking with the seventh overall pick.
>
>Undaunted, they got the distributor they needed anyway - and then  
>some. The Celts acquired Sebastian Telfair from Portland along with  
>shot-blocking center Theo Ratliff and a 2008 second-round pick,  
>sending the No. 7 choice (they took Randy Foye for the Trail Blazers,  
>who then moved him to Minnesota), Raef LaFrentz and Dan Dickau. The  
>C’s also parted with some cash in the move.
>
>the phoenix deal is better than initally thought as well
>
>When one of the point guards they liked still was on the board late,  
>the Celts swung another deal with Phoenix, using a trade exception to  
>get the rights to No. 21 pick Rajon Rondo for Cleveland’s first-round  
>pick next season. In addition, the C’s will get Brian Grant, but the  
>Suns will send enough cash to pay for the last year of his contract  
>($1.8 million). The Celts currently plan to release him.
>
>overall every "expert"seems to be thinking we got better, so the only  
>thing hurt is the wisful thinking of the overzealous celtics fans.  
>who btw as expected, are divided into haters and lovers
>
>Said one Western Conference personnel man with a strong track record  
>on evaluations, “Paul Pierce is going to love playing with Sebastian  
>Telfair.”
>
>Ainge is known to have been a Telfair fan since seeing him as a high  
>schooler in New York.
>“We think that he is probably the most ready of all the young point  
>guards that were in the draft,” Ainge said. “He’s the same age as  
>most of those guys (21), and he’s got (2,971) minutes under his belt.”
>
>again, danny was able to buy when the price is low. kudos for that!
>
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>Original article:
>Boston Herald
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>posted by Loyalist  # 1:58 AM 0 comments
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