Re: anyone see Chanel 68 sportstalk last night?

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

> 
> If there is any truth to this, then I would say trade him to the Bucks
for> Baker. I have ben one of his biggest backers but he is begining to
bore me with his tantrums. We know Baker wants to be here and though Walker
is versatile but Vin Baker is an all star..in addition if Walker leaves
after his third year then we will lose big time. Now I won't take Van Horn
at 3> even if we trade for Baker, I would still go Battie if available
otherwise take Mecer at 3. With the 6th pick I would roll the dice and go
for Foyle> or Cato if we take Mercer with our 3rd otherwise tradeup to get
Van Horn.


I agree,  you can't win with players that are always worried about someone
else.  Like someone said,  this is a business, & the Celtics need to do
what is best for their team.   Mercer is a better all -around player I hope
we would not pass him up because Antoine is worried of him coming in and
stealing the spotlight. Either live with it,  or move him for Baker.  As
you said he could bail in 2 years anyway.







> I can be happy with either of the following lineups: 
> - Walker, Battie, Van Horn, Wesley, Minor, Williams, Radja, Ellison,
> Barros, Brown
> - Baker, Foyle,  Williams, Mercer, Wesley, Minor, Radja, Ellison, Barros,
> Brown 
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> Mishra                                                                 
> ----------
> > Last night on Channel 68, Butch had Michael Holley from the Globe on
and
> > they were talking about the draft.  Holley said that there was no way
> that
> > the celtics would draft Ron Mercer.  He said that there really were
> > problems between him and Walker.  I got the feeling that he knew
> something
> > that we don't about the situation but that he couldn't say what it was.
> > 
> > They were talking mainly about getting Van Horn at 3, and then McGrady
at
> > 6, but i can't see this happening.  Van Horn is an NBA small forward,
and
> > we already have two of those in Walker and Williams.  Plus it would
still
> > leave us without a big guy. The more i think about it, the more i like
> the
> > idea of taking McGrady at 6.  It's very risky, but the reward could be
> > huge.  With the other pick, we need to go big, with either Foyle or
Cato.
> 
> > Since #3 is too high to take those guys, here's what i think we should
> do:
> > 
> > Assuming that Philly is taking Battie, I think the thing to do is set
up
> a
> > trade with the third pick similar to the one that Milwaukee and the
> > T-Wolves did last year.  We take Mercer or Van Horn for a team that
> really
> > needs him, and that team takes a player that we really want (Foyle or
> Cato)
> > and we trade and get that team's first round draft pick next year out
of
> > the deal. 
> > 
> > That way, we'd get the player of the future (McGrady), a big man (Cato
or
> > Foyle), and another first round draft pick for next year, which would
> leave
> > us in a similar situation to this year where we have 2 first round
picks.
> > 
> > Jeff