Durant at night

[Jaims]

it's a really nice debate regarding oden and durant (hakeem or jordan) and
we'd like to think as if we are assured the 1 or the 2... didn't past
losingest (like the boston's duncan draft fiasco) teams get lottery bummed
and got relegated to 3rd or 4th pick overall? knock on wood, if ever we
didn't get the 1 or 2, is there anybody worth looking at still at 3 or 4
that will be as great an impact besides those 2 players? it's just another
oden or bust thing, imo...which i really hate reliving all over again. damn
you duncan! :D

Jaims


On 2/1/07 11:27 PM, "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym at BATTELLE.ORG> wrote:

> 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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