Durant at night

[Berry, Mark S]

Like probably everyone on this list, I can't think objectively about
Larry Bird. But I will say that if Bird wasn't the passer he was, it
would be an easy decision. Bird's passing is what separated him, in my
opinion.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Philip Maymin
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:59 AM
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
Subject: Re: Durant at night

I think even Telfair would be surprised to see "flashy scoring
numbers" next to his name. :)

I wonder why Phoenix didn't pursue Telfair last year instead of
signing Banks? Would have been nice to flip Telfair within a few
minutes of acquiring him to the Suns for their pick to get Rondo,
instead of giving up the Cleveland first-rounder this year.

On a different note: Marcus Williams is in the rookie challenge but
Rondo is not, even though they are putting up almost identical
numbers.

And a p.s. on Durant/Oden: I like your comparisons very much though
I'd probably take Dirk ahead of Ewing, but for a different
perspective, if you do the Jordan draft over again, do you still take
Hakeem ahead of him? Alternatively, by your logic would you take
Chamberlain (or Kareem?) over Bird? (I know you would take Russell
over Bird... everybody ought to.)

Phil

On 2/1/07, Berry, Mark  S <berrym at battelle.org> wrote:
> You're right, of course. But my point remains ... if Oden is Tim
Duncan
> or Patrick Ewing ... and Durant is Tracy McGrady or Dirk Nowitzki ...
> who do you take? They're all great players, but isn't it a no-brainer?
>
> Hopefully our GM is smart enough not to get blinded by flashy scoring
> numbers. I used to be pretty confident about that, but then he traded
> the seventh pick in the draft for Sebastian Telfair ...
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Frederick Hurley
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:20 AM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Durant at night
>
> On Thu, February 1, 2007 9:02 am, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
> > Any GM that takes Durant ahead of Oden will be kicking himself for
> years.
> > Durant is great and will be a great pro. But he's a perimeter
forward.
> He
> > has no impact on the game defensively. He's a great scorer and
> rebounder.
> > Tremendous player. A No. 1 pick almost any other year. But Oden is
> Bill
> > Russell.
>
> Might be .... might be ... not is.
>
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