Patrick O'Bryant Signed

So saith the Globe. This continues our fine tradition of picking up
centers who shouldn't have been drafted as high as they were. (See
also Potapenko, #12 pick, and Olowokandi, #1 pick.)

.... I'm reminded that Potapenko was drafted ahead of Kobe Bryant, Steve
Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Derek Fisher, and Walter
McCarty. What were they thinking?

Anyway, O'Bryant's numbers are very poor, which may be due to the fact
that Nellie wouldn't know what to do with a seven footer if you held a
basketball a foot over his head. Nellie's, not the tall guy's.

His per 36 numbers are vaguely respectable, and he does block shots.
The sample size is way too small for real conclusions, though.

On a personal level, it was confusing enough during the playoffs to have
a player named "Bryant" around. I really disapprove of having one on
the Celtics.

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Bryant Durrell // durrell RemoveThis @innocence.com // durrell RemoveThis @gmail.com

On Jul 11, 1:32 pm, durr....RemoveThis@innocence.com (Bryant Durrell) wrote:
> So saith the Globe. This continues our fine tradition of picking up
> centers who shouldn't have been drafted as high as they were. (See
> also Potapenko, #12 pick, and Olowokandi, #1 pick.)
>
> ... I'm reminded that Potapenko was drafted ahead of Kobe Bryant, Steve
> Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Derek Fisher, and Walter
> McCarty. What were they thinking?
>
> Anyway, O'Bryant's numbers are very poor, which may be due to the fact
> that Nellie wouldn't know what to do with a seven footer if you held a
> basketball a foot over his head. Nellie's, not the tall guy's.
>
> His per 36 numbers are vaguely respectable, and he does block shots.
> The sample size is way too small for real conclusions, though.
>
> On a personal level, it was confusing enough during the playoffs to have
> a player named "Bryant" around. I really disapprove of having one on
> the Celtics.
>
> --
> Bryant Durrell // durr....RemoveThis@innocence.com // durr....RemoveThis@gmail.com

I wanted to drop in. I think in your system you will be very
pleasantly surprised with the underutilized and under appreciated
POB. Nellie never used him. When he did, O'Bryant usually was stellar
defensively, and had a nice little jump hook and face up jumper. I
have been a GS ticket holder who was VERY unhappy with how he
languished on the bench. Watch this game he had against Kaman and the
Clips when he got some time... http://tinyurl.com/Obryant Given the
time, he'll be a good center. Mark my words here.

Rizzo in Golden State