http://0rz.tw/ef4oM Giddens feels ‘blessed’ Ex-Jayhawk thrilled to be drafted by Celts By Gary Bedore (Contact) Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 J.R. Giddens made a visit to a local sporting goods store after beginning the 2003-04 school year, his freshman year at Kansas University. “The first thing I bought with my scholarship check was a Paul Pierce Boston Celtics jersey and green headband,” said Giddens, a 6-foot-5, 2 05-pound forward who Thursday was tapped by the Celtics with the last pick of the first round. “I wore that headband until it was dingy green. I wore it out completely,” Giddens added in an interview with Boston WEEI radio. Giddens — he lasted just two years at KU before transferring to the University of New Mexico — now is a teammate of Pierce, who played three seasons at KU. Giddens said he felt “blessed,” not just to land a guaranteed contract as a first-round pick, but that he’s now a member of Pierce’s NBA championship team. “Everybody screamed,” Giddens said of the reaction of his former Lobos teammates, who watched the draft with him in Albuquerque, N.M. “I embraced the moment with my teammates and coaches. I prayed to God and thanked him. I can’t believe my dream came true.” Giddens, 23, who left KU after an incident outside Moon Bar in which he suffered a deep stab wound in his right calf (he pleaded no contest to a battery charge), also was suspended from the team twice at New Mexico. “I was a young guy, immature, and made some bad decisions. I didn’t put myself in the best positions. Now that I’m older, I feel I do a lot better in decision-making, staying on the right path. I feel I’ve overcome all those things,” said Giddens, who averaged 16.3 points on 51.5 percent shooting a year ago in earning co-Western Conference Player of the Year honors. “They (struggles) made me the man and player I am today. I didn’t go through all those things for no reason. I feel it’s helped me build character that I have now, made me a better ballplayer. “God does everything for a reason. The path I walked is the path God chose for me. I’ll continue to walk it with the best of my ability. I will try to represent myself with the Celtic organization with the utmost class possible.” Celtics general manager Danny Ainge said he’s not concerned about Giddens’ past. Remember, former Jayhawk Pierce also was stabbed in an incident in a Boston club during the early portion of his NBA career and has not been in trouble since. Of course Pierce did not face legal charges of any kind in that incident in which he was a victim. “First, I’m confident he’s a good kid,” Ainge told the Boston Herald. “Second, the team we have will make him better. He’s not as mature as I would like to see, and he’s not as disciplined as our guys are, but they will help him to achieve both things.” Coach Doc Rivers said: “Back then (at KU), he was young and immature. Whenever someone transfers, you’re always concerned about it. He’s had some run-ins, but (UNM coach) Steve Alford loved him.” KU coach Bill Self, who never has had a bad thing to say about Giddens, said “not really,” when asked if he was surprised Giddens went in Round One. He didn’t necessarily expect the pick, though. “That’s another example of us not knowing what’s going on,” Self added. “Those NBA teams, they keep people off the scent. Like Boston would never tell anybody how much they love J.R. because that might make somebody at 28, 29 say, ‘Well, maybe we should look at him.’ “Of course his name never came up, and I coached him for two years, so you’d think if they (Celtics) were interested, they would say, ‘How do we trust Self to not tell anybody that we’re thinking about him?’ “It’s just one of those things. It’s a poker game for a lot of these guys, and I certainly understand why, but I’m happy for J.R. Even though it did end up poorly here for him, he does have talent, but I was certainly disappointed it wasn’t Mario (Chalmers, fourth pick of second round) getting taken at 30, 29, 26.” ~~~ 重點: JR當初一拿到KU的獎學金就去買PP波士頓球衣和綠色頭帶 然後每次出門都會帶著頭帶 能和算是學長的PP同隊是美夢成真~覺得是上帝的祝福 (但我在KU遇到他時他都帶藍色或白色的頭帶XD 喜歡到一樣被刀刺也很了不起XD) Posted by sevenyearhawk (anonymous) on June 30, 2008 at 11:46 a.m. (Suggest removal) Yes, and as I pointed out ... Will JR and PP compare knife scars? -- 沒有錢LG又比別人小!女生就不喜歡你 全台唱片行&7-11有賣表兒樂團新專輯 威爾康鄉民蒞臨Kids_Sucker版拼阿比 激凸影片http://tinyurl.com/5q7zk4 --

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