Re: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

They C's are desperate for everything except a 4 !  Daniels,  Billups or a
few others could fill the 1 spot.   We have to go Battie or Mercer and take
the best player available at 6, at least it would give us some trade value.
 There will be some better free agents available in the next 2 years to
fill or low post needs.  Maybe Milwaukee will like Foyle and move Baker &
the 10 for the # 6 & Williams & Radja or Barros ?  

Hey , you never know !

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> From: kjgoo <kjgoo@worldnet.att.net>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
> Date: Sunday, May 18, 1997 4:40 PM
> 
> If I remember correctly, we have at least one Aussie subscriber on this 
> list.  Does he/she or anyone else know anything about this Chris 
> Anstey dude (the 7' center from the Australian Pro League)?  Leventhal 
> has him slotted at the top of the second round.
> 
> The way I see it, the C's have to go for the best available player.  
> Let's assume Philly drafts for need and takes Battie (or even Foyle) -- 
> with Iverson, Stackhouse, Weatherspoon & Coleman, what else would they 
> do?  The bright spot is that at 3 the C's will be able to pick between 
> Mercer and Van Horn, and Pitino should know better than anyone whether 
> Mercer really is the second coming of Grant Hill.  The concern is that 
> the C's are desperate at the 5 and the 1, and they won't be able to fill 
> both of those needs with the two lottery picks.  Given the salary cap 
> constraints, I'm not sure a trade will solve these problems -- maybe 
> Radja and the 6 for Vin Baker and future considerations would work, but 
> that still leaves us short a true center.  Maybe we should just take 
> Cato at the 6, hope he gives us the solid low post defense and 
> rebounding we need so badly and look to Walker, Mercer or Van Horn and 
> Williams off the bench for offense.
> 
> I imagine that all this makes re-signing David Wesley an absolute 
> imperative; on the other hand, I suspect we've seen the last of Rick 
> Fox.  If so, Pitino had better teach everybody else how to play defense.
> 
> I refuse to give up hope at the loss of Duncan (in fact, I can feel the 
> sour grapes factor kicking in right now -- who the hell needs the second 
> coming of Brad Daugherty anyway?), but it does mean that Pitino will 
> have a more interesting time earning his paycheck.
> 
> Michael Gooen