Re: Ostertag (more boring trade talk)

[Theresa Lee <tjoyce@mit.edu>]

Talk to Karl Malone about Ostertag and then see if you still want him as a
Celtic. He is not motivated, has already been "paid" and is not worth his
contract. He doesn't have the heart of a warrior........he's not Celtic
material.

Theresa


>	The more I think about the Travis and Minor for Greg Ostertag deal
>the more I like it.  I would even throw in our #10 pick.  Ostertag is big
>and strong enough to bang around with any center in the league.  People
>say he had a motivation problem this year, but doesn't RP make $7M per
>year at least in part to motivate players?  He has the talent; he was a
>monster in the finals last year.  Some might say he's not a Pitino style
>center, but who is?  The only two I can think of are Hakeem and Alonzo.
>
>	If we were able to trade for Ostertag (it might take more than my
>offer), we could use all of our cap room on a top notch forward (Pippen,
>McDyess, Jason Williams, Gugliotta, etc...).  Even without signing a free
>agent, we would have a starting frontline of Walker, DeClerq/Popeye, and
>Ostertag.  This would be a big improvement (literally speaking) over the
>status quo.
>
>	I know Dorine.  You can't stand Scottie Pippen.  So he refused to
>go into a game once.  Get over it.  :)  He's probably the best all around
>player in the league.  Maybe he is a little old for a long term deal, but
>I don't think we have enough cap room to sign him anyway.
>
>	We might not have enough cap room for any of the above players.
>What about a second tier player like Christian Laettner?  This is under
>the assumption that we've filled our center need with Ostertag.  If we
>have to sign a free agent center, I like Longley over Geiger.
>
>Jeremy