big guy

[steve knight]

good point. we should have turned the #7 pick into a
quality big man, but in some ways we did, depending on
what you think of ratliff, who i expect has some gas
left in his tank. 33 ain't that old. i thought robert
horry was done with 5 years ago, too. 

the portland trade did get rid of raef's contract, a
huge deal. it brought in telfair, who may or may not
be the answer at pg. but yes, it would have been
better to get a young big out of that pick. 


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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:57:08 EDT
From: HRBlaine at aol.com
Subject: Re: Dr. Chestnut on Rondo
To: celtics at igtc.com
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In a message dated 10/13/2006 8:59:38 A.M. Eastern
Standard Time, PR  
writes: 
 
>I agree, PG was not the biggest need on this team
>- bigs were, but  by the same token, that would've
meant a "reach" 
pick....  
 
But that's what great drafters do well, make smart
reach picks.  And  
are you 
telling me that there was absolutely no trade
available for a  decent 
big 
man, using the # 7 pick and some of Danny's "great
trading  chips"?  
 
Look, we can argue over how good Perk and Al are going
to be - it's  
somewhat 
fruitless IMO but we can discuss that.  IMO, however,
neither  one has 
proven 
to be a solid NBA player and until they do I'm not
going to give  Danny 
any 
credit for drafting them.  If they were solid and
Danny could  have 
picked up 
AI without losing either one of them, the Cs would
have become  instant 
EC 
contenders.   But that's a BIG "if".  
 
Look guys, I love the Celtics.   I just don't think
Ainge is  doing a 
good 
job.  Damn, he signed Perk for less than the mid
level.   Either Perk's 
agent is 
a fool or he realized that his client wasn't worth
even  the mid level.  
How 
good does that make him?  Back up good?   Maybe.  He
should be able to 
play a 
decent 15-20 minutes.  That's  back up minutes. 
Between Perk, Theo and 
Al, 
the Cs should be able to get  48 minutes at the 5. 
How good the 
minutes are 
remains too be seen.  
 
Harry 
but i ain't too optimistic  

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