Apples to Oranges

[Jeff White]

I don't think anyone's claiming that Al is in the same league as O'Neal
right now.  At least I'm not.  I'd love to see O'Neal on the C's, and if a
reasonable trade presented itself that required Al to be shipped to Indiana,
I'd be all for it.  All I'm saying is, IMO, it's too early to predict with
any degree of accuracy how good Jefferson will turn out to be.

O'Neal averaged 4.1 points as a rookie and 4.5 in his second season.  He
didn't even average double figures until his fifth year in the NBA.

In 18 minutes a game this year, Al averaged 7.9 points and 5.1 rebounds, and
in many of those games he was limping on a bum ankle.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Giovanello" <giovanello at gmail.com>
To: "The Boston Celtics Mailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Apples to Oranges


> How is it writing him off to say that right now he is not nearly as goood
as
> Jermaine O and there is a fair to good chance this will never be the case?
>
> On 5/7/06, Jeff White <jwhite128 at adelphia.net> wrote:
> >
> > Seems to me the rush to write off Al is not unlike the rush to write off
> > Tony Allen midway through this season.  And we all saw how the light
came
> > on
> > for Tony in the final month.
> >
> > If it's hard to "believe that Jefferson will ever be the player O'Neal
> > is,"
> > imagine how hard it would have been to believe that O'Neal, when he was
> > Al's
> > age, would become the All-Star he is today.
> >
> >
> > Jeff White
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <HRBlaine at aol.com>
> > To: <celtics at igtc.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 12:04 PM
> > Subject: Apples to Oranges
> >
> >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 5/7/2006 8:16:24 A.M. Central Standard Time, The
Egg
> > > writes:
> > >
> > > Kim, I  understand I'm comparing an acorn to an oak tree.
> > > But I was  addressing Josh's statements that he would not be
> > > willing to trade the 21  yr. old Jefferson for the present 27 yr. old
> > > O'Neal... not for the 17 yr.  old O'Neal who was drafted out of
> > > high school.
> > >
> > > I think  it's irrelevant now how the 17 yr. old O?Neal performed
> > > in his early  years. It's what he is NOW that counts. And it's hard
> > > for me to believe  that Jefferson will ever be the player O'Neal is.
> > > O'Neal right now is a  given for several years to come; Jefferson
> > > is  not.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gotta go with Egg on this one Kimmie.   Who cares how long it  took
> > O'Neal
> > to
> > > "mature"?   Point is, he *is* mature...and  only 27.  I'd trade Al
(plus
> > > scrap) for him in a  heartbeat.   But I'm sure he doesn't have enuf of
> > the
> > > requisite  "head bumps" to interest Danny.  <g>  Plus I can't believe
> > Birdie would
> > > be stupid enuf to make THAT trade.   O'Neal is an All  Star, Al is a
> > wanna
> > be -
> > > and I'm not even sure about that, given his (lack of)  performance
last
> > year.
> > >  And who cares if ALL of Al's fouls are called  because he's too dumb
to
> > > realize that you can't take a charge whilst moving your  feet?   So
far,
> > he is a
> > > damn "foul machine".  Weak ankles and  foul prone.  Damn, can we
include
> > Paul
> > > in the trade and kill two  birds with one stone?
> > >
> > > Harry
> > > larry might go for that
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