Re: Geiger, Ratliff, Austin

[joshfarber@home.com]

I really like Ratliff. I believe he's a perfect fit for the Celtics.
The only problem is: We need a center!

He could fill in though.

I really like Austin. I don't think he would mind playing in Boston!


Alex Wang wrote:
> 
> I found the commentary on the basketball abilities of the players useful,
> but where does the 4 million/year figure for Geiger and Ratliff come from?
> I have never seen that figure discussed for either player whereas I have
> seen the figure $50M over seven years for Ratliff, and originally $10M/year
> for Geiger. He supposedly lowered his demands to $7M/year after his troubles
> in the playoffs (and realizing that $10M was probably not too realistic).
> If he really had said $4M/year, Falk probably would have killed him.
> 
> In either case, $7M/year translates to a bit over $4M in the first year
> under the old CBA; perhaps that is where the $4M figure comes from? Pitino
> was anticipating having around $4M in cap space in which case he could
> probably pull it off (assuming the old CBA and renouncing Popeye Jones).
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> Noah wrote:
> > If the NBA lockout ends on Feerick's hearing between August 24-25 and
> > Antoine resigns, the Celtics will find themselves thrust into the market for
> > a free-agent center(note:some of this is a rehash). Market wisdom assumes
> > that we should be able to sign Geiger or Ratliff easily(around 4 mil/year
> > which should fit easily under the celtics estimated 32 mil salary cap) or
> > have to reach for Austin(~10mil a year, which would require a cap dump of
> > some sort).
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