Re: Dave D'Alessandro

[wfcooper@tiac.com (Bill Cooper)]

On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 14:33:35 -0700 (PDT), Michael Byrnes wrote:


>If Pitino *did* sign Knight in order to trade him, then he is =
"StuPitino",
>because, according to league rules, a team cannot sign another team's =
free
>agent and then trade him.  A team is allowed to sign its own free agent
>and trade him - so the Celtics could have signed Rick Fox and then =
traded
>him. =20

>
Mike,

	A team can't trade a free agent signee ever???  Or is there a
time limit (you can't trade the player for 1 year)?
	By the way, how long are the Celts going to be able to talk
about having an agreement in principle with DeClerq, without getting
into trouble with the league office.

Bill Cooper
wfcooper@tiac.com