"need an impact player"

[Steve Ouellette]

I can't imagine Sene going No. 7. Who was the last unskilled but athletic big man to turn into a big time player? I can't think of one off the top of my head (Ben Wallace maybe)? And Desagna Diop doesn't count :-)

Steve O

---- "Berry wrote: 
> I'd like to take a run at Telfair also. He's not worth the seventh pick,
> though. If you could get him for Tony Allen, I think that's a good
> trade.
> 
> My draft hopes hinge on either winning the lottery (top three) or on
> Sene or O'Bryant.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Mark Piotrowski
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:17 PM
> To: celtics at igtc.com
> Subject: "need an impact player"
> 
> >
> >
> >I think this pick is too high to take either one of these guys...but 
> >i do believe they need another big man or point guard. I would take 
> >williams mid first round and simmions late...but we are in the 
> >lottery and need an impact player.
> >
> >Raj
> >
> 
> i agree that we need an impact player -- but am increasingly afraid 
> that we'll be picking between Foye, M. Williams, Splitter and S. 
> Williams.... none of whom excite me to the point of wanting to keep 
> the pick.
> 
> Thusly i'm increasingly interested in what we could get for the #7 
> pick -- particularly from a team hungry for an infusion of players. 
> of course it's too early, w/ the Draft Lottery still to be held in 2 
> weeks, but there was an interesting idea over at Celtics Blog (i.e. 
> not taking credit for it...but it intrigues me):
> 
> Trading #7 pick & the MIN pick (which is lottery protected until i'm 
> eligible for a midlife crisis) for Sebastian Telfair.  (The money 
> would have to be worked out -- perhaps by including a 3rd 
> team...others suggested Allen and/or Gomes would be the POR request 
> but i wouldn't give either up for Telfair)
> 
> Reportedly the only member of the POR front office and coaching staff 
> that was that high on him was/is John Nash -- who's on his way out. 
> I think POR may finally blow it up and two top 7 picks would let them 
> put a stamp on the team right away.  W/ Blake and Jack starting ahead 
> of him POR is in a position to lose Telfair but still have players at 
> the 1 spot.
> 
> There are some concerns about Telfair to be sure -- his shot 
> primarily -- but no more IMO than anyone we'll get at #7.
> 
> I hope people see -- with guys like Billups, Diop, Diaw, etc. -- that 
> a change of scenery (i.e. teamates, coaching staffs, etc.) CAN do a 
> player well.  Telfair is 20 years old and still maturing.
> 
> Telfair seems like the kind of "buy low, sell high" guy Ainge might 
> take a chance on and can develop into a true PG -- a backcourt of 
> Telfair and West might be the poor mans/2000s equivalent of 
> Thomas/Dumars -- undersized but very talented.
> 
> (the other) mark
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