draft

[Berry, Mark S]

Excellent point on the guys traded. Rasheed had so much baggage,
bellhops ran the other way. Brand was tagged as a good-not-great PF and
Chicago took a flyer on Chandler. It didn't pay off and was a bad trade
from the start, but it only became catastrophic this season, when Brand
recommitted himself to the game and became and MVP candidate.

But these are good examples for why the C's should be open to taking
chances on guys like Carlos Boozer or Kenyon Martin if they become
available. Chris Webber was another great big guy who accumulated a lot
of baggage and was traded, only to flourish with his new team
(Sacramento). I hope Ainge is on the lookout for these kinds of guys --
talented big guys who would never be available if there weren't
extenuating circumstances.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Piotrowski, Mark A
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:51 PM
To: celtics at igtc.com
Subject: draft

with mark's post too, esp. that we need more and more big guys.  I've
liked 
that Detroit has kept 
adding big men --- Wallaces, McDyess, Cato, etc.  And yes when drafting
you 
take the best player 
available, but like in baseball tie goes to the runner, in Basketball
tie goes 
to the big man.

It's interesting though that if you look at the guys you listed --
Duncan, 
Nowitzki,  Brand, Rasheed, and 
Amare --- 1/2 of them (Brand, Nowitzki, Rasheed (x2)) have been traded
and 
cumulatively for:

Robert Traylor
Brian Skinner
Tyson Chandler
Chucky Atkins
Bob Sura
Zelkjo Rebracca
#1 pick (became Tony Allen)
Dan Dickau
Shareef Abdur Rahim
Theo Ratliff

Not a particularly impressive lot -- further underscoring the value of
quality 
big men.

(the other) mark
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good post, Mark.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym at BATTELLE.ORG>
To: "The Boston Celtics Mailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: Draft


> Take the best player available, but this still is a big man's game.
The
> days of the one-dimensional plodding big man appear to be dwindling,
but
> guys like Duncan, Nowitzki, Brand, Rasheed Wallace, etc. are having a
> huge impact. And don't tell me the Suns wouldn't be better with Amare
> Stoudemire.


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