Okay, you Arm-Chair Celts Personnel Managers...

[Chris Littlefield <chrisl@mjr.com>]

AKA ACCPM's.

Let it be known that while Derrick Coleman is talented, he is also, outside
of Dennis Rodman, the primo representative of the spoiled, selfish athlete.
I do not like him and think he is detrimental to any team he's on.  I just
wanted that clear before I make the following suggestion:

Derrick Coleman is owed $8 million under contract in 1997-98.  The
following season, 1998-99, he is owed $13 mil.  Disgusting, but true.

The hitch is that his contract for the 97-98 season, year after next, can
be bought out by his employer for a measly $5.5 mil.

I am on the fence on this one, but theoretically, the C's could trade Radja
and Dee Brown to the Sixers for Coleman, let him play for a year, then buy
his lazy ass out and open up an additional 8$ mil worth of free agent
dollars for the Bumper Crop of '98.

The Sixers get two capable players in return for getting rid of a problem,
and allows them to focus on their main men, Stack, Iverson, and supposedly
Battie.

This would serve Celtic long-term goals pretty well.

Don'tcha think?

Chris