Re: free agents

[STICKPIN <Doug.Hibshman@law.uc.edu>]

Cecil,
i agree, its slim pickings for big men in the free agent market. Geiger is
not a top 10 center and has been injury prone. it is also true that
ratliff's quickness and athletic ability would probably make him a better
fit for pitino's system. however, for the celtics to go anywhere in this
league, not to mention the play-offs, the celtics are going to have to
start playing some half court ball once and awhile. that is where i think
geiger has the edge over the other free agents available. he seems to be a
better low post player than ratliff and michael stewart. i think issac
austin is probably the best low post player available but his price will
be out of the celtics range. one practical reason to believe the celtics
will sign geiger is that david falk is the agent for walker, kenny
anderson, and geiger (i believe). it was also rumored falk and pitino
worked together to get anderson in a celtics uniform. this leads me to
believe that the celtics have as good a chance as anyone to get geiger. 
where did you ever get the idea that the celts would have any chance of
singing mcdyess. they could never afford both of them under the cap. also
they both play the same position and would have to outbid phoenix for his
services, the one spot in the nba where everyone wants to play.
stickpin

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Cecil Wright wrote:

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: STICKPIN <Doug.Hibshman@law.uc.edu>
> To: Elgin W Booth <ewbooth@cisunix.unh.edu>
> Cc: celtics@igtc.COM <celtics@igtc.COM>
> Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 11:00 PM
> Subject: Re: free agents
> 
> 
> >i have heard that the celtics have been looking extremely hard at matt
> >geiger of the hornets and at theo ratliff of the sixers. my opinion is
> >that geiger would be the better catch since he has more height and weight
> >than ratliff and will be able to better defend down low. from what i have
> >seen of ratliff, he is too scrawny to match up with the true centers in
> >the league.
> 
> First off, welcome to the list Stickpin.  I love the handle!  Concerning
> Geiger as opposed to Ratliff, what's up with Geiger's back problem?  Doesn't
> make him all that attractive to me.  Charlotte seems to be surviving just
> fine thus far in the playoffs without him.  He is bigger and heavier than
> Ratliff, or McDyess for that matter, however his mobility is limited and I'm
> not sold that he could perform as well as Ratliff or McD in a
> pressure-packed defense.  He's not much of a threat as a shotblocker as
> either of them either.
> 
> As far as offense, we can use the points from just about everyone, but
> especially from the man in the middle.  That would certainly take a lot of
> the load off of Toine as well as being a rebounding threat.
> 
> Cecil
> 
> 
> both of these players are limited offensively but
> >that is not a major concern with mercer, walker, and anderson on the team.
> >if they do sign geiger and he provides 12 points and 10 boards a game and
> >does well on defense, the cetics will jump their win total by 10 games. as
> >far as kurt thomas goes, i have read that he has a chronically bad ankle
> >that he keeps refracturing after 4 or 5 surguries. i think his career is
> >basically over, but if he did come back healthy, he would be a good
> >addition at the right price. anyone have any thoughts about a scoring
> >small forward that the celtics would be able to get their hands on? they
> >had two, rick fox and eric williams, that they basically got two 2nd round
> >draft picks for. fox has given some indication he might leave the lakers
> >if jerry west goes, any chance of him coming back to boston?
> >doug hibshman
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------
> >
> >
> >
> >DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
> >
> >On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Elgin W Booth wrote:
> >
> >> List,
> >>
> >> I was wondering who you all thought the Celtics should make a run at
> >> signing this summer for free agents?  Who do you think the Celtics have a
> >> reasonable shot at signing and who can help them?
> >>
> >> I have a player who I believe is a free agent (completing his third year
> >> in the league) who could help them down low and could come reasonably
> >> cheap.  His name is Kurt Thomas, a 6'9 PF currently on the Dallas
> >> Mavericks roster. The reason they could get him cheap is because he has
> >> been hurt the majority of the past two years.  You might remember him
> from
> >> his rookie season on the Miami Heat where he averaged around 10 PPG and
> >> showed a great amount of potential and the willingness to bang and play
> >> hard.  He was around the 9th or 10th pick in the draft. He started quite
> a
> >> few games for them that year. He was dealt his second season to Dallas in
> >> some sort of deal and only played in 20 games last year and 5 games this
> >> year.  If he is healthy again, he could really be a steal for whatever
> >> team signs him.
> >>
> >> Just a thought.  Any more ideas about free agent signings would be great?
> >> Who is worth paying?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
>