Re: Billups deal final.

[Michael Joseph Byrnes <mbyrnes@leland.Stanford.EDU>]

> > 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.

Mishra wrote:

> Even then his shooting % is not all that great.

It's no worse than Antoine Walker's shooting %.

> 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?

Back in 1983, why was Phoenix so eager to ship out Dennis Johnson that
that they took Rick Robey for him?  Oh, yes.  DJ was a "cancer".

I'm not calling Kenny Anderson then next DJ, and I'm not calling this
trade a "steal".  But, I'm reluctant to pass judgment on Anderson because
of his reputation.

> 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

Thanks for pointing out my mistake.  I still think Pitino will be able to
ditch some more salary somewhere after the season if he is going to go
after a big name free agent.

Michael Byrnes
mbyrnes@stanford.edu