"need an impact player"

[Berry, Mark S]

But could he be a Samuel Dalembert type? I know only what I've read
about the guy. I'm just hoping someone jumps up because the guys tossed
around at No. 7 at this point -- Foye, Marcus Williams, Splitter,
Sheldon Williams, Carney, etc. -- do nothing for me. Any of the top six
would be OK, but that next tier just leaves me cold. So I'm hoping
there's more to these mystery men than we know at this point.

My other hope is that a team like Atlanta or Toronto, desperate for a
point guard, is willing to work out a trade allowing us to move up for a
big guy and them to move down for Marcus Williams.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ouellette [mailto:bosox18 at charter.net] 
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 2:53 PM
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
Cc: Berry, Mark S
Subject: RE: "need an impact player"

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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