Durant at night

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Partying on draft night brings back some awful memories of another draft
pick who partied after being drafted by the Celtics and started this whole
downward swing.  

FL 

 

-------Original Message-------

 

From: Philip Maymin

Date: 2/1/2007 10:12:21 AM

To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List

Subject: Re: Durant at night

 

Joakim Noah is pretty fantastic too. Is there a better-passing big man

in the draft? Getting any of those three would be cause for

celebration. It's like LeBron/Carmelo/Bosh/Wade, you really can't go

wrong, you just party hardier with some than with others, but you

still party.

 

On 2/1/07, 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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