Celts enter bidding way

[Warwick Janetzki <giants@icplus.net.au>]

The Celtics have entered the bidding war for the services of Damon
Stoudamire.

I saw a report on ESPN international 2 about it.

Celtics have reportedly made a massive trade offer being

We get: Stoudamire, Camby, Williams
We give: Billups, Knight, Minor, DeClercq, Rogers, 2 first round draft
picks (this one and 00) and 4 2nd round draft picks.

I dont know if this is a good trade or not. 

The team would be

 C- Camby       Ellison   Thomas
PF- Walker      McCarty   Camby     Thomas
SF- Williams    McCarty   Bowen     Walker   Camby
SG- Mercer      Bowen     Williams  Barros   Brown  Jones
PG- Stoudamire  Edney     Barros    Bowen

Salary situation
----------------
Free agent year
98: Edney, Stoudamire
99: Camby, Bowen, Jones, McCarty, Walker 
00: Ellison, Mercer, Thomas
01: Barros, Brown
02: Williams

Salary details for next season (all are approximates)

Team-       $23,900,424
Williams:   $4,000,000
Brown:      $3,500,000
Barros:     $3,400,000
Ellison:    $2,000,000
Camby:      $3,359,088
Walker:     $2,236,896
Mercer:     $2,121,984
McCarty:    $1,053,072
Jones:      $953,856
Thomas:     $768,528
Bowen:      $507,000

Using a $32 mil salary cap that leaves: $8,099,576 to spend on free
agents. We sign a center and another power forward (likelihood of Outlaw
and Longley) then re-signing Damon Stoudamire and Tyus Edney, giving the
Celtics a lineup of:

 C- Longley     Ellison   Outlaw   Camby
PF- Camby       Outlaw    McCarty  Walker
SF- Walker      Williams  McCarty  Bowen   Camby    Outlaw
SG- Mercer      Williams  Bowen    Barros  Brown    Jones  
PG- Stoudamire  Edney     Barros   Bowen

Comments?

Warwick