Re: Of Pippen, Pitino and Wallace

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

Pitino is a basketball coach and Wallace is an administrative assistant. 
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> From: Adam A Suchocki <Twilight@world.std.com>
> To: strauss@wcuvax1.wcu.edu
> Cc: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: Of Pippen, Pitino and Wallace
> Date: Monday, July 07, 1997 11:20 AM
> 
> What are you  basing the claim that Pitino and Wallace know how to   work
> the salary cap?  Combined, they have exactly no experience negotiating
> contracts, trading players, and building under the salary cap.  Pitino is
> a very very very good coach, but he has no experience as a GM, and has
not
> even been in the NBA with the modern salary cap.  Wallace is a very good
> judge of talent, but he has only been a head   scout, he also has not
been
> part of managing a team.  Once we have all the players signed and in
> place,   Pitino should get the most out of them, but I don't know if
> Pitino and Wallace are the best choices for trying to get the best
players
> we can under the salary cap.  ML Carr has much more experience than they
> do....
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jul 1997 STRAUSS@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU wrote:
> 
> > When I first heard about the Pippen trade-attempt, I got worried
> > that Pitino was pulling a "Carr" and looking for a short fix.
> > Then I realized that Pitino and Wallace know how to work the cap,
> > and how the new NBA can be worked. Wallace was very successful in
> > Miami.
> > Rick /might/ have had a front line of Pippen, Weatherspoon and Walker.
> > Not too bad! Plus who know what other moves were awaiting? I think
> > these guys will get us to the finals in 4 years, but if they can do
> > it sooner, they will.
> > 
> > What is different is that we cannot think linearly: draft so-and-so,
> > develop him into a star, THEN win a championship. Pitino and
> > Wallace think in terms of "get A and B" win a championship, then
> > get C and D (by working the cap), and win another."
> > 
> > What is exiting is that Boston, not Miami or the Lakers, now has
> > some of the masters of the new NBA, the guys who know how to work 
> > this system.
> > Guaranteed, the Celtics will be a great product from here on out,
> > and will eventually get to the "final four."
> > 
> > Bob Strauss
> >