Re: free agents

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

McDyess is just a pipe dream of mine I guess.  I agree that they will need a
big fella to defend in a half-court set, but I don't know if paying a guy
with a bad back big bucks to do so is a good investment.

Though he is near the twilight of his career, I'd almost rather go after
Sabonis.

Cecil
-----Original Message-----
From: STICKPIN <Doug.Hibshman@Law.UC.Edu>
To: Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.andara.com>
Cc: STICKPIN <Doug.Hibshman@Law.UC.Edu>; Elgin W Booth
<ewbooth@cisunix.unh.edu>; celtics@igtc.COM <celtics@igtc.COM>
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: free agents


>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
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>On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Cecil Wright wrote:
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>>
>> -----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
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>> >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
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>> 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
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>> >On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Elgin W Booth wrote:
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>> >> 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?
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>> >> 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.
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>> >> Just a thought.  Any more ideas about free agent signings would be
great?
>> >> Who is worth paying?
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