drafting bigs

[Ellie Cutler]

like Parish, too.  And these are not guys available at #7 for the most 
part (esp. now with the age restriction). If you're not in the top 3-4, 
your best bet for big men is to let some other team do the 2-4 year 
development phase with them, then aquire them via trade/FA, or 'grass is 
greener' philosophy.

Ellie

Berry, Mark S wrote:

>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.
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>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.
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>Mark
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