Durant at night

[Steve Ouellette]

Noah is a nice consolation prize, and everyone seems high on North Carolina frosh PF Brandan Wright.

Steve O

---- Jaims <jaims at pldtdsl.net> wrote: 
> 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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