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Michael








? I probably would have?taken YI at number 5.??? I think he is going to be alot like Dirk Nowitzki.??? I would also consider trading Jefferson in a three way with Phoenix ( Stoudemire) and Minnesota ( Garnett)?? We get Stoudemire, Phoenix gets Garnett and Minnesota gets Jefferson.?? Extra players are thrown in to make it all work.??? I would still keep Green, Rondo . This would give us some size and?Great future. 

Hell we could still do this trade.?? With a Allen, Pierce, Stoudemire, Rondo we would be pretty good both now and in the future.?? I guess we would be weaker at power forward unless Baby Huey ( I hate the nick name Big Baby)can be a low post rebounder and scorer.? 

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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 11:41:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Gooen <callmebogie at yahoo.com>
Subject: What would you have done differently?
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Gary wrote:


Gary, I don't disagree with your assessment - but what would you have done
differently here?? Who would have been your pick @ #5?? I don't blame
Ainge for the (bad) luck of the draw on 5/22.? I don't like the team's
"low ceiling" either, although I suspect Ainge would argue that without
getting an Oden or Durant the Cs have to become relevant first, then good,
then great.? Tanking didn't work, so building up with proven players seems
as good a plan B as any.

I'm not in love with the trade either - and will be very, very angry if it
leads to the departure of Al Jefferson - but I really don't feel that much
worse about it than any of the Cs' other remotely realistic options in the
draft.? I certainly am happier to have Ray Allen at the cost of a #5 this
year than I was to have Sebastian Telfair and one year of tax relief at
the cost of a #7 last year.? After the top 2 - maybe 3 - players, there
weren't any sure things - just a lot of nice players and promising maybes.
 I'm not going to bet on it, but it wouldn't shock me if Big Baby
ultimately turns out to be the 3rd best player in this draft.? Take a look
back at the 2001 draft (if you can stomach it) and tell me how many
players in that draft you'd rather have than Gilbert Arenas (#31 that
year).? 


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