Re: McDyess

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

Can we please stop increasing the beef on Geiger.  He's listed at 245 lbs.

Cecil
-----Original Message-----
From: John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>
To: celtics@igtc.COM <celtics@igtc.COM>
Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998 1:39 AM
Subject: RE: McDyess


>We won't be able to afford Walker & mcDyess.  I still  say go with Geiger.
> How many 7'1" 300 lb behemoths do you know with the agility & jumper he
>has ?
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>On Sunday, April 12, 1998 7:03 AM, Gregory Hurst [SMTP:gh18@juno.com]
>wrote:
>> There are no top rate centers available for us to sign.  Therefore, add
>> the other piece of the puzzle with a shot blocking, dunking, cat quick,
>> aggressive rebounder, and in your face defensive power forward like Big
>> Mack.  Big Mack at the power forward and Antoine at the small forward
>> would make Knight or Declerq  super players because the focus would not
>> be on the center position. Therefore, I can see these guys maybe
>> averaging ten points and ten rebounds a game.
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>> 1.  Anderson   6 "1"
>> 2.  Mercer        6 "7"
>> 3.  Walker        6 "9"
>> 4.  MyDyess    6 "10"
>> 5. ???????/
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>> >Denver traded McDyess because he wanted $100 million to stay with
>> >them. He may not get quite that much but he'll get well above what
>> >we are offering Geiger ($7M/year). The Celtics are not going to be
>> >able to even bid for him unless they can somehow clear up major salary
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>> >cap room, and even if they do, it'll mean not signing a center.
>> >It's not worth it.
>> >
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