Re: comments

[giants <giants@magnafield.com.au>]

Jeremy Warren wrote:
> 
> I just finished reading a week's worth of posts and the two statemets that
> really caught my attention are:
> 
> 1.  If we could trade for Shawn Kemp without giving up Billups, Mercer, or
> Walker....
> 
> I'm not sure but I think two people said this.  And I thought I was the king
> of unlikely trade scenarios.  Since when did Seattle decide to give away Kemp
> for nothing?
> 
> 2.  No one should be allowed to make more than $1M per year.
> 
> Looks like we have a communist on the list.  But seriously, the problems of
> poverty and income distribution are much more complicated that just taking
> money from the rich and giving it to the poor.  If Jordan were to make $40M
> next year, nearly half of that would come back to the people in the form of
> state and federal income taxes.  And if he in turn employs a financial
> adviser, nearly half of that income would go to the government.  The problem
> as I see it is that we haven't figured out the best way to help people support
> themselves.  I would think we as a society need to do more to support job
> training and education, but I'm not an expert on the subject.
> 
> Back to Celtic's-related material.   I'm sitting here shaking my head,
> wondering why Massenburg and Bowen deserve multi-year contracts.  The only
> thing I can come up with is that if they do become solid contributors, they
> can be resigned without regards to the cap when their contracts expire.  But I
> don't think our biggest problem over the next few years will be losing role
> players to free agency.  I wouldn't be that unhappy with these signings if
> Pitino hadn't signed Travis Knight to such a cap-hogging contract.
> 
> Does anyone know when individual tickets go on sale and what the phone number
> of the Celtic's ticket office is?  I'm dying to go to the opening night game.
> I could just call 411, but I'm lazy.
> 
> One more non-Celtics post:  Mishra are you related to Jyoti Mishra, the lead
> singer of White Town?
> 
> Jeremy 

I dont call Knight's contract cap-hogging!!
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