RE: Trade Confirmed: Kenny Anderson is a Celtic

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

> I heard the Knicks were interested down to the end.  Could we still pry 
Allan Houston from them for Anderson ?  If not we better hope Rick can put 
some spark back into this guy.
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> I'll say it first:
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> What would the reaction have been if M.L. Carr had pulled the trigger on
> this one?
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> I just saw on the local news that the Celtics traded Chauncy Billups, Dee
> Brown, John Thomas, and Roy Rogers to the Toronto Raptors for Kenny
> Anderson, Zan Tabak, and Popeye Jones.
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> I hate this deal for several reasons:
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> Chauncy Billups had at least started to show flashes of his talent.  I
> think with an offseason of hard work, he could have been a really solid
> player next year in what would be his senior season at college.  He's 
kept
> his cool despite the rough time he had at the start and he
> hasn't complained to the press.  He seems to have a great attitude, and I
> was really hoping the Celtics could fill him with wisdom beyond his 
years.
> That is, recognizing that he can help the team best not with gaudy
> statistics but by being the glue that holds the rest of the team together
> - making sure the right people get the right number of shots, moving the
> ball around, playing tough defense, leading by example - all those good
> things.  There's no guarantee he would have been receptive to that, but I
> had hopes.  I hope this move doesn't cripple Chauncy's career - it's apt
> to make him jaded and cynical and that's too bad.
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> John Thomas was developing nicely from a question mark to someone who
> could contribute off the bench.  With a year of experience and an
> offseason to work on his game, he could have been a solid guy off the
> bench or trade bait for a solid veteran.
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> Kenny Anderson: Oh please oh please let there be another trade in the
> works.  I just can't believe Pitino would trade for him without something
> else in the works.  From the monster contract to the questionable
> attitude, it just doesn't make sense.  How am I going to root for this
> guy?  (BTW, has it been determined how much of his salary counts towards
> the cap?)
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> It's great to unload Dee and his contract, but doesn't it become
> irrelevent by taking on Anderson and his?
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> Chauncy, I miss you already.
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> Dan
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