RE: Good news for soaring celts/McDyess

[David A Wickerham <aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu>]

Pitino was asked about Stoudamire and told the reporters he had no
interest in Damon because of the size of the contract he would receive.

****dave

On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, John Lyell wrote:

> Dorine I think everybody is.  To move two young players with a lot of 
> potential for Mashburnt & Austin,  who probably would leave at year end 
> would be insane. We could get a lot more if we are going to move them.  It 
> is kind of scary that this and the Pippen deal could have happened except 
> for a few glitches.  The Leprechaun must be looking over us.
> 
> I just heard Damon Stoudamire has asked for changes on his team, or to be 
> moved elsewhere.  He would be a nice PG fit but still risky with the 
> ability to bail at year end.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dorine Pratt [SMTP:norine@sover.net]
> Sent:	Sunday, January 04, 1998 5:42 PM
> To:	John Lyell
> Cc:	Mike Allen; Celtics Mailing List
> Subject:	Re: Good news for soaring celts/McDyess
> 
> All I can say to that, John, is I'm glad it didn't happen.
> Dorine
> 
> John Lyell wrote:
> 
> > It may be outrageouus, but with the highly reported 3 way trade with 
> Miami
> > & Sacramento, RP does not think it is that outrageous, from reports if he
> > did not have concerns with signing Austin, it mayhave already happened.
> >
> > It is kind of funny with that Chris Mills , his very short stay and move
> > for McCarty was enough time to tell he didn't fit, but for Billups it has
> > not ?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Dorine Pratt [SMTP:norine@sover.net]
> > Sent:   Sunday, January 04, 1998 3:06 PM
> > To:     Mike Allen
> > Cc:     Celtics Mailing List
> > Subject:        Re: Good news for soaring celts/McDyess
> >
> > I'm in total agreement with that.
> > Dorine
> >
> > Mike Allen wrote:
> >
> > > Hey everyone,
> > >
> > >         It's been a while since I lasted posted and am feeling the need
> > to.  This
> > > idea of trading Billups is outrageous, and to even have the notion of
> > > trading Mercer is just plain stupid.  We're talking about giving up two
> > > amazing young players who will definetly develop into all-stars, for
> > what?
> > > Mashburn (who I like because of his Kentucky days) who is past his 
> prime,
> > > injury prone and just not worth it, and Ike Austin who caught a big 
> break
> > > by having 'Zo injured, and got to showcase himself.  I don't believe he
> > can
> > > keep it up.  Let's just give these kids some more time to develop and
> > learn
> > > the system better and before you know it, we'll be playoff bound and
> > > hopefully another banner will be raised.
> > >
> > >         As far as McDyess goes, he is not worth it!  He is plain and
> > simple
> > > overrated and underacheiving.  Everyone was saying that it was because 
> he
> > > was in Denver and wasn't happy, well now he's in Phoenix and he's still
> > > CRAP!  You'd think a guy playing for a contract would be making more
> > noise
> > > and a bigger impact, I don't know about the rest of you but when I see
> > Suns
> > > highlights on TV I see, Kidd, Nash, KJ, but no McDyess.  Leave him in 
> the
> > > Desert, lets work with what we've got and be happy with it, quit with 
> the
> > > quick fix and lets work for the future.  I don't remember who it was 
> that
> > > said it on this list but they said that we should still try and 
> improve,
> > > well sometimes, time is all you need.
> > >
> > > But that's just my opinon, anyone else?
> > >
> > > Mike
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	  Dave Wickerham
	  aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu
	  Saratoga Springs, NY