Re: Travis Knight

["Timothy Jordan" <patsrule90@geocities.com>]

I feel the same way about Celtics management.  They are so keen on
short-term, short-term they are sacraficing something in the long-run. 
Pippen and Knight would be perfect in the short-term, but would be cancers
in the long-term.  I keep hearing Rick say (not exact quotes), "The Boston
Celtics are not looking for a player who can help down the road...".  I
heard that before the draft and I thought, "Rick, we've been in the
basement for 4 years, 2 more ain't gonna kill us."  I want to see players
develop in front of me.

The deal with Knight virtually kills our chances of getting a true money
player next year, or the next 6 years after that.  We also have to take in
that in a few years, Mercer, Walker, Billups, and Williams (maybe?) won't
be making the money that they are making now,  We could possibly have 4 $10
million dollar men on our team to go along with Knight.  This deal screws
the Celtics longterm.

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From: Bill Cooper <wfcooper@tiac.com>
To: smishra <smishra@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: celtics@igtc.COM
Subject: Re: Travis Knight