RE: Hardaway...don't think so but still want to believe it

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I disagree.  Orlando has nothing besides Hardaway & they are not going to 
lose him like Shaq and need to rebuild.  If someone offered them 2-3 young 
players & some draft picks to allow them to rebuild, they would have to 
consider it.  Although I am sure Jerry West would be offering the likes of 
Eddie Jones, Van Exel, Campbell and other teams will offer other big name 
players also.

On Tuesday, February 03, 1998 7:45 PM, Brad Phelps 
[SMTP:phelpsbj@gamma.hendrix.edu] wrote:
> 	The day Penny Hardaway arrives in a Celtics uniform as a result of a 
trade
> with Chauncey Billups and Travis Knight will be the day that a midget 
jumps
> center against Shaquille O'Neal in the NBA Finals.  Give me a break.  It 
is
> illogical and any GM who would consider doing this should be fired and 
sent
> out of the NBA because it would be dumb.  This trade would make Kevin
> McHale for Joe Barry Carroll look like a fair swap.  However, being the
> intensely loyal Celtics fan that I am, I genuinely hope that such
> incompetence does exist and Hardaway does arrive in Boston.  I think that 
> he and Walker might make a pretty good combo, don't you think?  Giving 
Rick
> Pitino Walker and Hardaway is like giving a pyromaniac a box of matches.
> You just don't give the best coach in the world two players of that
> quality.  Granted hardaway is a free agent but I would break the bank to
> sign he and Walker together.  Tell me pro sports GM's aren't stupid...no
> wait tell me that they are so this can happen. GO CELTS!!!!
>
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