RE: Joe Smith

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I think Alex is correct and Smith did say he did not want to play for 
Boston.  Anyone catch Kobe Bryant tonight ?  This kid could be the next 
Jordan as someone else stated.  Another steal by Jerry West.




On Saturday, January 17, 1998 11:38 AM, Tony Pinto 
[SMTP:bagaco@worldnet.att.net] wrote:
> Actually it was the opposite of what you said. Smith had said that he 
wanted to go to a East Coast team, and would play for the Celitcs, because 
I remember someone posting the article that said that. But I say we don't 
give up our young talent that we need.-Tony
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> > I recall that Joe Smith had explicitly said that he doesn't
> > want to play in Boston. I would wonder about this sort of deal
> > unless his agent has already agreed (under the table) to sign
> > a new contract for a pre-agreed amount of money. That seems unlikely
> > because Smith probably would do just as well to take bids from all
> > the teams during the summer, unless we are prepared to pay him an out
> > of the ballpark figure. My guess is that GS is offering us that deal
> > and we are not biting. I imagine similar difficulties with a
> > McDyess trade.
> >
> > With that said, Mercer and Billups for Smith and Delk is a possibility,
> > with Golden State probably also eating Brown and Barros' salaries with
> > the cap space they got from cutting Sprewell. Cap relief would have to
> > be a factor because we'd have given up almost all trade value and
> > still no center.
> >
> > Alex
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