Re: Celts enter bidding way -Reply

["Erik A. Estes" <eestes@digitalis.net>]

	Haven't you figured out that Ellison can not be counted on??  I don't
understand why you people put him in your projected rosters.  He will never
be a consistent starting center for us.  So now you have Camby starting at
center and in my opinion he is almost as injury prone as Ellison (well,
maybe not that bad).  And we've given up both Knight and DeClercq so he
better be pretty durable (which I don't think he is).  Then we give up
almost all of our bench and six draft picks.  Stoudamire is a huge talent
and if we were guaranteed we could sign him and Walker, then maybe I'd do
it, but I'm not sure.
						Erik Estes



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From: cmcarthur@kkya.com
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Celts enter bidding way -Reply
Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 10:07 AM

This would be a great trade for the Cs -- getting two legit talents for one
potential legit talent (billups) and a bunch of role players.  This
upcoming
draft is going to suck, so I don't mind giving up our pick even though it
should be around #10.  By the year 2000, our pick should be pretty bad
anyway (hopefully).

I don't think that Camby is a starting center, but unless Ellison is
healthy,
he would have to be.  Our best lineup would be:

5)  Ellison
4)  Camby
3)  Walker
2)  Mercer
1)  Stoudamire

With a decent amount of depth on the bench in Barros, Williams, Bowen,
and Thomas.

Bottom line is that Walker would have a legit post threat to deflect the
defensive pressure away from him, the team would have a legitimate
shot blocker to allow them to press more, with Walker, Camby, and
Stoudamire as the first three scoring options, Mercer would be open a lot
more and I think he would being to truly shine, and most of all we would
have a true point guard.