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Lansdowne 9:
PLAYERS:
Michael Olowokandi,
Melvin Ely,
Yaroslav Korolev,
Chris Wallace,
Quentin Richardson,
Darius Miles,
Steve Nash,
Paul Pierce,
Marcus Banks,
Shaun Livingston,
Kendrick Perkins,
Dahntay Jones,
Sam Cassell
TEAMS: Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers
TEAMS: Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers
When you think about bad drafts of the past 10 years, two teams come to mind. The Celtics and the Clippers. Now that the Green are basking in all kinds of championship glory and the Clips are back in the lottery, slotted at number 7 of tomorrow's draft, let's take a look at how each team could field a team of stiffs over the past 10 to 15 years.
Center: Eric Montross vs. Michael Olowokandi
The Red Flags were up on both of these guys coming into draft night. Montross, a big, plodding white guy came out of UNC with very limited athleticism. Olowokandi was a young man who played against inferior competition at Pacific, and had only played basketball for a few years before he was drafted. The Kandi Man's 8+ points per game takes it to Montross in this game: Advantage Clippers.
Power Forward: Jerome Moiso vs. Melvin Ely
Pitino loved Moiso's athletic ability, only problem was that ability blinded the fact that Moiso had no basketball skills or intelligence...
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