Re: Trade Suggestions

[David Darlington <darlingt@hal.muhlberg.edu>]

	This trade will never happen because Phoenix isn't that dumb.
	however, I do like the idea of acquiring Rex Chapman.  He is, I believe, a
free agent after this year.  It would be much simpler to sign him then.
-d




At 06:08 PM 12/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
>As many of you have probably noticed, we have a logjam at the shooting
>guard position. We have Dee Brown, a way-overpaid, basically no-position
>player (too small to play shooting guard and lacking a consistent shot and
>also lacking the playmaking/passing skills to play the point), Greg Minor,
>an
>incredibly inconsistent mediocre player who will only settle for the
>short-range jumper (which comes and goes), plays suspect defense, and is
>trash at the free-throw line. He is also way-overpaid for a 12th man.
>Then we have Bruce Bowen, who is good, but doesn't help us much
>offensively. He's more of a defense/hustle/rebounding guard. This is a
>good thing, but we can get better.
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>I propose that we package Dee Brown, Greg Minor, and Bruce Bowen to the
>Phoenix Suns in exchange for a real shooting guard, Rex Chapman. Rex
>Chapman is a three-point sniper, who explodes in the playoffs and also
>provides offensive firepower during the season. He'd be an ideal backup
>for Mercer, since he comes cheap (league minimum in Phoenix) and he knows
>Rick's system (he went to Kentucky) and thrives in Rick's system. So
>instead of having 3 mediocre, overpaid shooting guards behind Mercer, why
>not have 1 decent one who won't hit us too hard in the pocketbook so we
>can use the money to re-sign Walker. Chapman would really help us a lot
>and I think that Pitino would maximize his potential to its fullest. The
>only problem with this trade is that salary cap. Obviously, you can't just
>trade one player making the league minimum for 3 players with large
>contracts. Maybe Phoenix could throw in John "Hot Rod" Williams to balance
>it out... You guys on this newsgroup have pretty good ideas, so think
>about this one and see if anything'd work.
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>Trade 2
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>We also have a logjam at power forward. Arguably, all of our
>so-calledcenters
> are really power forwards, and so we might as well clear the
>logjam here as well. I propose that we package Andrew DeClercq, Roy
>Rogers, and the rights to Ben Pepper to the New Jersey Nets in exchange
>for Jayson Williams. Roy Rogers' knees are too much of a risk, and he's
>not that good to begin with (shot-blocking is the only skill he can hang
>his hat on, while defense and rebounding aren't exactly outstanding).
>DeClercq is cool, but he can play center it's a nicer deal for the Nets.
>They'd be giving up their starting center, Williams (who is really a power
>forward), and we'd be giving them DeClercq, a young, rebounding
>center-power forward, Roy Rogers, another power forward, and the rights to
>Ben Pepper, another center. They can keep their eye on him and if he ever
>develops in Australia they can bring him over and use him at center.
>Pitino and I both like Williams because of his tenacious rebounding,
>rebounding, and rebounding, and he would make a dangerous backup wither
>behind Walker or Knight. He is starting now at center for the Nets, so
>who's to say he couldn't be a backup for us. Also, Jayson is unhappy in
>Jersey and has been feuding with Calipari. Instead of having 2 mediocre
>power forwards, why not just have one decent one who leads the league in
>rebounds (or at least pretty damn close). I think he and Rodman are
>battling over the title constantly. Anyways Williams has the physical
>tools to thrive in our system. Defense and rebounding win champsionships,
>as they say, so why not use them as a boost to maybe grab us the 8th
>playoff spot.....
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