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Subject: Cowens draft quiz
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Answers to Tom Gross's trivia questions (what 3 players were drafted
ahead of Dave Cowens?):

Pete Maravich
Rudy Tomjanovich
Bob Lanier

By the way Tom, when you talk about Dallas needing a guy like Greg Kite,
do you do so with a straight face? The Mavs already have two useless
first-round-pick backup centers in Wennington and Blab. Those guys are 
so bad that when Motta saw what he had drafted, he went out and traded
for James Donaldson, a mediocre veteran who at least knows hos to play 
(should be how) the position. But Kite? I'm as big a Celtics fan as anyone,
but I recognize a stiff when I see one.

And as much as Red can still make people look foolish at the trading 
table, I doubt Dallas would be so dumb as to part with the talented
Detlef Schrempf for Kite AND Vincent. He is their lone salvage from 
those three first-rounders. It would take Boston's first-round pick 
(the one they got from Seattle, which will be a top-seven lottery pick)
to extract Schrempf. The Globe's Bob Ryan has been advocating such a move,
but I would wait to see what the lottery turns up. If they're in a position
to grab Len Bias, for example, that's the thing to do. If they draft
sixth or seventh, I'd trade the pick for Scrempf in a second.

I have this feeling that Boston will win the lottery (we'll take Mr. Bias,
please) and further incure the hatred of fans everywhere. This will 
prompt charges of a fix from the Celt-haters and predictions of dynasty
from the frontrunners. Stay tuned.

Mark Fredrickson