RE: Billups et al

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

On Sunday, November 30, 1997 1:36 PM, Warwick Janetzki 
[SMTP:giants@icplus.net.au] wrote:
> John Lyell wrote:
> >
> > Actually that really means little.  Where was Walker chosen ?  Where 
was
> > Joe Smith chosen ?  Which has been more productive and seems to have 
more
> > talent  ?
> >
> > Where was Sam Bowie chosen ?  Where was Michael Jordan chosen ?  Enough
> > said.
> >
> All top 10 picks. Nash was chosen in the teens, in what was considered a
> pretty untalented draft *apart from the top 7 or 8*
>
> Bowie was drafted due to need not skill. Portland already had Clyde
> Drexler, they had no need for MJ, although now you can say that they
> should have picked MJ *as we all know they should have*
>
> So in effect it does say something.
>
> Warwick
>

"Draft for need" wasn't that the Celtics excuse for the Eric Willaims, Dee 
Brown, Eric Montross, & Acie Earl selections ?

If the Celtics had a center like San Antonio and had the #1 pick, would 
they have pased on Duncan ?  The pre-Pitino regime probably would have 
knowing their history of poor selections.