Re: Otis My Man

["Ronald H. Evans" <ronald_evans@pipeline.com>]

At 08:38 PM 7/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Has anyone heard anything concerning Otis Thorpe's future with Detroit? 
> Last I heard, Doug Collins was dying to get rid of him.  Assuming 
>Detroit can't (or won't) work a deal with the Sixers for Coleman, could 
>we get away with trading some combination of Barros, Minor &/or Ellison 
>to get Thorpe?  He's 35 and has two years left @ $6M per.  Not only 
>would making such a deal free up some cap room for us in 1999 (Vin 
>Baker's out year), but it would give us a proven low post killer who 
>could teach Knight and DeClerq a thing or two while allowing Walker to 
>slide over to 3 and EW to come off the bench.

Right now, detroit is trying to trade thorpe for the grizzilies second round
pick. After that trade is completed they intend to sign Chris Dudley