RE: Trade for Anderson -Reply

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I think this helps our payroll, but not our cap situation.  The full 7 yrs, 
$50M goes against the cap which is why it is not a good deal. Can anyone 
confirm this ?  If someone is that willing to get rid of the guy, what does 
that say ?


On Wednesday, February 18, 1998 6:36 AM, cmcarthur@kkya.com 
[SMTP:cmcarthur@kkya.com] wrote:
> Yeah, but Portland is paying a huge chunk of Anderson's salary.  That
> will create a lot of space under the cap.
>
> >>> "joshfarber@home.net" 02/18/98 07:20am >>>
> I don't understand why this is a good trade.
> Kenny Anderson seems worse than having Dee Brown.
>
> Anderson has a contract that ends after the 2003 season.
> He gets 5 million a year
>
>
> Dee has a contract that ends after the 2001 season.
> Dee get's 3.5 million a year.
>
> I know Anderson is a much better Point Guard, but I think we shouldn't
> get him.
>
> William & Jeani Bragg wrote:
> >
> > I got this from InfoBeat:
> > Speculation that Boston may have been preparing for a trade began
> > when guards Chauncey Billups and Dee Brown were pulled from the
> > original starting lineup and did not play.
> >
> > The Celtics said a deal did not go through, but coach Rick Pitino
> > admitted it was "all but done." Speculation has Billups, Brown
> > and forward Roy Rogers going to Toronto for Kenny Anderson, who
> > has yet to report to the Raptors after his trade from Portland.
> >
> > "We think that if it does come through, it'll be a home run for
> > us to have a guy like Kenny Anderson," Pitino said. "It'll
> > definitely be a very good situation for us."
> >
> > "Coach said there might be a trade in the making, you just don't
> > know yet," Billups said. "You gotta wait and see. It's strange to
> > be in a position like this, but that's just how it goes. "
> >
> > William
> > (currently a long way from New England - living in Japan)
> > bragg@post.click.or.jp
>