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Celtics Report
Akeem Straker
May 26, 2006
 
CELTICS href=/profile//> NEED href=/profile//> BIGGIE href=/profile//> SMALL
By href=/profile//> Akeem href=/profile//> Straker

Draft href=/profile//> Picks-#7
PG-Delonte href=/profile//> West/ href=/profile//> Orien href=/profile//> Greene^/ href=/profile//> Dan href=/profile//> Dickau^
SG-Tony href=/profile//> Allen/ href=/profile//> Paul href=/profile//> Pierce
SF- href=/profile//> Wally href=/profile//> Sczerbjak/Gerald href=/profile//> Green
PF- href=/profile//> Al href=/profile//> Jefferson/ href=/profile//> Raef href=/profile//> LaFrentz/ href=/profile//> Brian href=/profile//> Scalabrine/ href=/profile//> Ryan href=/profile//> Gomes
C- href=/profile//> Kendrick href=/profile//> Perkins/ href=/profile//> Dwayne href=/profile//> Jones^/ href=/profile//> Michael href=/profile//> Olowakandi*

* href=/profile//> Free href=/profile//> Agent
^ href=/profile//> Good href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> back
No href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rapper, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Danny href=/profile//> Ainge href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> thorough href=/profile//> renovation href=/profile//> phase href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> prove href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> judgment href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Danny href=/profile//> Ainge href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> pursue href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> draft. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> tier href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guards href=/profile//> include href=/profile//> Marcus href=/profile//> Williams, href=/profile//> Randy href=/profile//> Foye, href=/profile//> Mardy href=/profile//> Collins, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> Ronnie href=/profile//> Brewer. href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> Delonte href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> injured href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> latter href=/profile//> stages href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 05-06 href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> rely href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> SG href=/profile//> Tony href=/profile//> Allen href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Oriene href=/profile//> Greene href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> inconsistent href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> position. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> listed href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> roster href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Dan href=/profile//> Dickau, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> brief href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play, href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> lacked href=/profile//> pure href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> skills.

· Marcus href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> selection href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> group, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> scouts href=/profile//> raving href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> private href=/profile//> workouts, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> might href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> around href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> pick. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> engine href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> drove href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> huskies href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> got, href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> teammates href=/profile//> better, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> proved href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> decent href=/profile//> range href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> outside. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> question href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> defense. href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> athletic href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> keeping href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quicker href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> guards.
· Randy href=/profile//> Foye href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> guards. href=/profile//> With href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> quick href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> step, href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> average href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> skills, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> motor, href=/profile//> Foye href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> level. href=/profile//> Think href=/profile//> Juan href=/profile//> Dixon href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> purer href=/profile//> stroke href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> defender. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> liability href=/profile//> Foye href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> skills. href=/profile//> No href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> doubts href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> shot, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> true href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> around href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> better, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> general href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> direction, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> argument href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Foye href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> supply href=/profile//> ample href=/profile//> energy href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bench.
· Mardy href=/profile//> Collins href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tall href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bunch href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> questions, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> Temple href=/profile//> limited href=/profile//> Collins href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> assets href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> talents. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> rangy href=/profile//> athlete href=/profile//> possesses href=/profile//> adequate href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> skills, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> average href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> handling href=/profile//> skills href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> defense. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Larry href=/profile//> Hughes href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> player, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> similarities href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> Oriene href=/profile//> Greene.
· Ronnie href=/profile//> Brewer href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> tall href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> carried href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> mediocre href=/profile//> Arkansas href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> lanky href=/profile//> athlete href=/profile//> possesses href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> skills, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> fills href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> stats href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> he’s href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> lapse href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> Brewer href=/profile//> uses href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> quickness href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> instincts href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> opposing href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> rhythm. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> projected href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 1 href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> Brewer href=/profile//> panning href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Tayshaun href=/profile//> Prince/Josh href=/profile//> Howard href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> player. href=/profile//> These href=/profile//> types href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> becoming href=/profile//> essential href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//>

The href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> use href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> guy href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> push href=/profile//> Al href=/profile//> Jefferson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Kendrick href=/profile//> Perkins. href=/profile//> Al href=/profile//> Jefferson href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> proven href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> fragile href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> couple href=/profile//> years, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Perkins href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> started href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> tap href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> stardom. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> proven href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> problem, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> use href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> intimidator/rebounder/inside href=/profile//> presence href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> stabilize href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> defense. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> man href=/profile//> via href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> agency, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> consider href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> used href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fill href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> need. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> guys href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> might href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> consider href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 7th href=/profile//> overall href=/profile//> pick.

· Tyrus href=/profile//> Thomas href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> upside href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> draft. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> 6’9 href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> lacks href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ideal href=/profile//> frame href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> power href=/profile//> forward, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> none href=/profile//> athleticism. href=/profile//> His href=/profile//> tenacious href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> energy href=/profile//> level href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> thinking href=/profile//> he’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Chris href=/profile//> Bosh href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Stromile href=/profile//> Swift, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> comparisons href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Swift href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> intriguing. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> Thomas href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> develop href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> interior/back href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> basket href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> years.
· Cedric href=/profile//> Simmons href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> N.C. href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> guy href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> find href=/profile//> interesting. href=/profile//> Due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> mediocrity href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> shadows href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> much-heralded href=/profile//> Shelden href=/profile//> Williams. href=/profile//> Simmons href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> refined href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> energy href=/profile//> shows href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> end. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> blocker, href=/profile//> Simmons href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tendency href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> himself href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> foul href=/profile//> trouble. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> consistently href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> smart href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> motivated, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 15 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 10 href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> player. href=/profile//>
· Shelden href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> known href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> group. href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> lack href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> skills, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> undoubtedly href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> heart href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> hustle href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> draft. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> uses href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> entire href=/profile//> frame href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rebound href=/profile//> department href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> instincts href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> block href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> inside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> paint. href=/profile//> He’s href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> inside href=/profile//> presence, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> personnel href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> concerned href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> we’ve href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> seen href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Williams.
· Patrick href=/profile//> O’Bryant href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> true href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> grade, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> leaning href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> potential. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> small href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> school, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> broke href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> scouting href=/profile//> departments href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> hoping href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> build href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> He’s href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> project href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> personnel href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> teach href=/profile//> size. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> working href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Perkins, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> direction.

If href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> stick href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 7th href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Marcus href=/profile//> Williams, href=/profile//> Ronnie href=/profile//> Brewer, href=/profile//> Randy href=/profile//> Foye, href=/profile//> Brandon href=/profile//> Roy, href=/profile//> Adam href=/profile//> Morrison, href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> trade. href=/profile//> Paul href=/profile//> Pierce href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> expecting href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> contract href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> summer, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> implication href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Celtics href=/profile//> future href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> headed.
 
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