The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest, V14 #229

[steve knight]

bingo. what's al, 21? give the kid some room to grow
as a player. if he hadn't skipped college, he'd be a
junior right now. he was a mid-round pick, nobody's
savior. it's unfair to expect him to be a solid pro in
his third year, especially considering all his
injuries. if he blooms, cool. if it takes him another
year or two to be a 15-10 guy, then i'd have to say
that that's about what you should reasonably expect
from a mid-round high school kid after 4 years.
remember, there are plenty of kids drafted much higher
than mid-round that never come close to that kind of
productivity. maybe even him. let's hope not. 


Message: 12
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:03:22 -0700
From: Steve Ouellette <bosox18 at charter.net>
Subject: Re: More than one, less than four
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
Cc: "Ryan, Patrick S Maj RES USAFR 439 MSG"
	<Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil>
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But in the grand three-year plan don't you have to
differentiate 
between kids straight out of high school and guys who
have had three or four 
years of major college experience? Doesn't the
learning curve have to 
be different?

Steve O

---- "Ryan wrote: 
> It appears I am less forgiving then most. That's
okay - to each their 
own.
> My basis of belief is NOT just this summer league as
is the 
contention, it
> is two years of past work in season (three summer
leagues total as 
well)
> wherein overall improvement has not been evident to
me, in fact just 
the
> opposite in some areas (post play especially).  
> 
>  


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