Re: Wallace

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

Damn, the Knicks sure must have been unhappy with Wallace to trade him for
Dudley and pass on Toronto's #1.  I would have gave them Ellison for
Wallace not that we need another 3/4.

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> From: Jeremy P. Ryan <jeryan@mailbox.syr.edu>
> To: JLyell <jlyell@concentric.net>
> Cc: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Wallace
> Date: Monday, September 15, 1997 9:31 AM
> 
> 
> The Knicks traded Wallace to Toronto. Toronto traded a #1 pick to
> Portland. Portland traded Chris Dudley to NY. This is all contingent on
an
> arbitrator's ruling that Dudley's new contract does not try to circumvent
> the salary cap. The arbitrator allowed the trade, but the NBA has
> appealed. It could be a few weeks before the trade is finally allowed or
> voided.
> 
> Of course the Blazers (and Knicks) were trying to circumvent the cap by
> re-signing Dudley to the league minimum and then trading him, therefore
> allowing the Knicks to re-sign him next year to whatever they want.
> Everyone knows that. The league is just mad because Dudley has outsmarted
> them twice in a three year span. Remember that he was the first to have
> the one year opt-out clause since used by O'Neal, Kukoc, Howard, and
> others. I guess that Yale education has been of some use after all.
> 
> On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, JLyell wrote:
> 
> > Where did the Knicks trade Wallace & for who ?
>