Re: Billups trade final.

[skmishra@dlsun660.us.oracle.com (Shailendra K. Mishra)]

> From mbyrnes@leland.Stanford.EDU Wed Feb 18 16:40:15 1998
>

> Kenny Anderson is 27 years old, and has five years and $41 million
> remaining on his contract after this season.  He is also in the midst of
> his worst season in basketball.  However, it is unfair to ridicule him as
> a "38% shooter".  Though he isn't a shooter, he has, with the exception of
> this year, always been better than 38%.  His numbers, year by year:
> 
> 	GP   MPG   FG%   PPG  APG  RPG
> 1991-2  64  17.0  .390   7.1  3.2  2.0
> 1992-3  55  36.5  .435  16.9  8.2  4.1
> 1993-4  82  38.3  .417  18.8  9.6  3.9
> 1994-5  72  37.3  .399  17.6  9.4  3.5
> 1995-6  69  34.0  .418  15.2  8.3  2.9
> 1996-7  82  37.6  .427  17.5  7.1  4.4
> 1997-8  45  32.7  .387  12.6  5.4  3.0
> 
> Clearly, his numbers for this year are far out of line with what he has
> done over the rest of his career.  I would tend to suspect that Kenny
> Anderson is closer his 1991-1997 self, than his 1997-8 edition.

Even then his shooting % is not all that great.

> 
> Durability?  He has averaged 71 games per season thourgh the first six
> years of his career.  That may be a little low, but it's not Pervis
> Ellison territory.
>

I agreee, I was a little pissed of with the trade when I wrote that.
 
> 
> Attitude?  How much do we the fans really know about that?  We only ever
> see the players through the eyes of the media, which often paints a
> less-than-accurate picture of what is really going on. 

What you are saying is accurate but just consider this why was Portland so eager 
to ship him out and worse even pay the freight. I would be suspicious even if I 
didn't know the guy one bit wouldn't you?

> On to the financial side of the deal:
> 
> The trade puts us $2.8 million under the cap.  Assuming my capology is
> correct, that slot alone is enough for us to offer someone a 7 year, $49
> million dollar deal.  That should be enough to bring in someone who can
> play.  But that's not all!  The contracts of Tabak and Jones are worth
> another $2.3 million.  Add that to the $2.8, and the Celtics can offer a
> free agent a $90 million dollar deal (7 yrs, $12.8 per).  I highly doubt
> that the C's are going to pay their number two player (after Antoine) any
> more than that, anyway.

No that is not accurate this trade, doesn't put us under the cap. We getback the 
2.8 mill by renouncing Popeye & Tabak. Now 2.8 mill as per rules won't translate 
into a 49 mill contract because the 20% increases is over the base salary and 
therefore the maximum amount they can offer is 31.36 mill.
                                         - Mishra