Doc, draft and optimism

[Berry, Mark S]

I hope you're right.

The thing is, there are some reasons to be optimistic -- Al of course.
And Rondo. Pierce has value either here or in trade. Delonte and Perk
look like good rotation players. Gerald Green will have value around the
league. And, of course, the draft pick.

I just have no faith in them getting any of it right this summer. Ainge
reached the critical point last offseason and came away with Telfair and
hasn't done much right since. I just feel like everyone -- owners and
Ainge especially -- are too close to it now. They're not seeing things
(Doc, the value of the players, the timing of trading Pierce) clearly.
As much as anything Danny has done, this is the reason I think it's time
for a change. 

This offseason is too critical to screw it up.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ouellette [mailto:bosox18 at charter.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:17 PM
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
Cc: Berry, Mark S
Subject: Doc, draft and optimism

Mark, you sound so depressed I'm almost rooting that we get Oden --
rather than my boy Durant -- just to cheer you up. 

If we get either of those guys, surely Doc can't screw it up. Right?
Right?

Steve O

---- "Berry wrote: 
> Maybe. Did you read it? It certainly seemed to go beyond the usual "I
> love Doc, blah, blah, blah ... " stuff. This sounded pretty certain.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Frederick Hurley
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:27 AM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest, V15, #134
> 
> On Thu, April 19, 2007 11:03 am, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
> > No. That's my only remaining hope. That Doc somehow gets greedy and
> they
> > don't agree on the length of the extension and it breaks down. Ainge
> > wants him here for 10 years.
> 
> Right, because GM's always tell the truth during interviews.
> 
> They may bring back Doc with an extension, but right now, what Ainge
has
> said gives zero weight to either possibility, based on past GM
behavior.
> 
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