Re: Good news and fox thoughts

[lamphier@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marc Lamphier)]

At  2:56 PM 97.2.10 -0500, JOzersky@aol.com wrote:
>Good news about billups!  As for fox, I consider a guy like him to be
>untradeable, since you can't get value for him.  If we are outbid for his
>services, that's one thing.  But you can't let him go, assuming you will buy
>a superstar down the road.  That's not our way, and it isn't right.  I say,
>unload Dino, Brown, Day, Ellison, Brick, and Barros even if it means giving
>them away for second round picks.  Use that money.  But sign David and Rick
>for what they deserve.  Especially with fundamentally sound team players
>being as rare as they are now.  


I agree. Next year when the Celts bring in a top draft pick and presumably
a new coach it will be time to stop deconstructing and start rebuilding. A
case could be made for keeping a few of the guys on your list, esp. Dino,
but I think a time comes when you just have to fish or cut bait (or however
that expression goes). The only problem of course is the length of these
guys' contracts. 

This brings up an earlier question. The Celts could trade a player like
Brown to another team and offer to pay part of his salary, this would make
Brown easier to trade. This is what the New York Knicks did when they
traded Charles Smith to the Spurs. The question is how does this count
against the cap? If it does not count against the cap it obviously is a way
to move these players, providing the management is willing to swallow the
extra expense.

- -Marc