RE: Trade Deadline

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

On Thursday, February 12, 1998 11:59 AM, Shailendra K. Mishra 
[SMTP:skmishra@dlsun660.us.oracle.com] wrote:
> > From kingpin@primenet.com Thu Feb 12 11:51:00 1998
>
> Now that it's apparent that Penny Hardaway is on the trading blocks why 
worry
> about Mash, Austin etc. How about this Mercer + Billups + Knight (or a 
first
> round pick) for Penny Hardaway. If we aquire a strong rebounder during 
the off
> season to add to Walker and Hardaway, we will have the celtics version of 
the
> Bulls. Go ahead Rick pull the trigger this is a much better proposition 
than the
> Pippen trade. - Mishra

I agree with Kevin, I don't know if Austin & Mash are worth giving up 
Mercer.

Austin was impressive early but still has had a mediocre career until 
recently.  Is he worth $7-$10M a year ?

I also don't know if giving up Chauncy & Ron for Penny is good.  Especially 
since Penny has had injury problems his last few years. I would definitely 
give up Chauncy but unless we are moving Dee, Barros or Minor for a decent 
2 like Chapman, or a scoring 3 like Ceballos I have mixed emotions.But as 
stated, this could put us a big man away from contention but we still need 
some outside scoring and Penny is a premier point..