durant

[ryanmnelson at verizon.net]

old friend pervis ellison had a pretty good freshman year as well.  

rmn


>From: Steve Ouellette <bosox18 at charter.net>
>Date: 2007/03/05 Mon AM 09:15:12 CST
>To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
>Cc: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym at BATTELLE.ORG>
>Subject: RE: durant

>Agree that Sampson was the only one considered a "franchise" big man out of that group, though I question how much he was delivering.
>
>In any case, a player of any size is going to have to go a long way to bump off the greatest freshman in NCAA history (honestly, I want other entries in the contest. I think it would be an interesting discussion. Carmelo Anthony? Magic Johnson? Chris Jackson? Glen Robinson? I know it's not fair that Maravich, Alcindor, etc. couldn't play as freshman). 
>
>Durant or death! :-) Though I really hope his ankle injury isn't serious enough to slow him in the tournament. That would be a shame.
>
>Steve O
>
>---- "Berry wrote: 
>> Out of that group, only Sampson was considered a franchise big man, and
>> he was delivering before injuries hit.
>> 
>> Being taken high in the draft isn't the same as being a franchise
>> player.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
>> Behalf Of John Lyell
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:51 AM
>> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: durant
>> 
>> Sam Bowie, Michael Olowokandi, Benoit Benjamin,  Ralph Sampson, Kwame
>> Brown, Andrew Bogut, were all viewed as "Franchise" big men  when they
>> were taken
>> 
>> I am not saying Oden is in their league, but how many freshman have put
>> up the numbers Durant is putting up?
>> 
>> It is tough to pass up a big man that is an inside & outside threat.
>> Hopefully we will be in the position to worry about which one to take!
>> 
>> John
>>
>
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