And if that MOCKingbird don't sing...I'm gonna buy me a Jianlian

[Berry, Mark S]

My preferences are:

1. Noah
2. Yi
3. Brewer
4. Green

99. Brandan Wright

Noah would be a perfect fit. He's slide right in alongside Al and
address so many problems we have in the frontcourt. He'd be great.

With Yi, I'm trusting all these talent evaluators. Who knows? But if he
is the kind of player they say he is, he'd be another great fit
alongside Al. Different from Noah, but a great companion to Al.

If it's Brewer, I'll be disappointed. I liked him a lot when I thought
he was 6-9 with Scottie Pippen arms. As it turns out, he's 6-6 with a
pedestrian wingspan. He'd be an upgrade at 2-guard, but not a
difference-maker.

Jeff Green is my worst-case scenario. I think he'll be a good player,
but he's a small forward. Pierce is a small forward. If we're trading
Pierce then maybe Green makes more sense. If not, Doc will just stick
him at PF replacing Gomes and we won't see much of a difference.

My prediction, however, is that we trade 5 and Al for Garnett. I think
McHale is going through some motions with these other talks and
ultimately will go back to KG and say "I tried." He'll convince KG to
sign off on going to Boston and we'll make a trade that we'll regret for
the next 10 years.

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Ryan, Patrick S Maj RES USAFR 439 MSG
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:41 AM
To: celtics at igtc.com
Subject: And if that MOCKingbird don't sing...I'm gonna buy me a
Jianlian

My prediction of the C's pick - in order of precedence (by whether or
not
they're still available):

 

1. Yi Jianlian (too many chinese dollar signs dancing in our owners'
heads)

2. Joakim Noah

3. Corey Brewer

4. Jeff Green

 

If Horford is still there (which I highly doubt) I could see him taken,
but
that's so unlikely I'll stick with Jianlian.  I'm a Blidiot (tm
EggIndustries) when it comes to predictions, but here's my mock through
the
top five:

 

1. Oden

2. Durant

3. Horford

4. Noah

5. Jianlian

 

 

 

 
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Assuming we end up keeping the #5 pick (only if we are unable to put
together a trade), nothing has changed my view from several months
ago...
Jianlian.
 
Egg

 

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