<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">BEST DRAFT PICK FOR IMPACT: Danny Granger, Indiana. With Reggie Miller leaving, the Pacers needed a guy who can play. With Ron Artest still there, they needed a guy with maturity. Granger gives them both. BEST POTENTIAL NBDL BENEFICIARY: Gerald Green, Boston. Considering one of his major issues is filling out that frame of his, just the fact he will have to eat fast food in Fort Myers will help. If Green can get the feel of playing defense, the rest should be a slam dunk (while filling the proper lane on the break). WORST GAME AT WHICH TO HOST POTENTIAL CELTICS SPONSORS: November 11 vs. San Antonio. A week and a half into the season, the Celtics will still be getting their youthful heads on straight. The Spurs will be the Spurs. Terror Alert: Green. BEST MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE: Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant. If the Lakers succeed, Phil can say Kobe?s finally listening to him and Kobe can say he knew it could work without Shaquille O?Neal in his way. WORST MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE: Larry Brown and the Knicks. Isiah Thomas needed a marquee coach and Brown needed big love and a bigger paycheck. Neither needs the roster Isiah has cobbled together with bailing wire and a maxed-out credit card. BEST CHANCE TO TEST THE LEOPARD CHANGING SPOTS THEORY: Antoine Walker in Miami. We fully believed ?Toine would alter his game and fit in famously in Dallas, but that team was trying to deal him less than two months after it got him in 2003. If Walker realizes less is more, he will be a major factor in a Heat push to The Finals. If not, Sheriff Shaq will have to get on the case. BEST FASHION STATEMENT: Celtics. The new alternate uniform is fair at best, but the traditional duds still work. Dressing as Bill Russell did can never go out of style</div> Continued....
