RE: Celts enter bidding way

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I have mixed feelings on this one.  Stoudamire would be great at point and 
Camby and Williams add some additional scoring, but what does that leave us 
at center ?  Camby, although a good shot blocker, has not shown that he can 
defend or that he has a low post game.  Pitino must think Camby can be the 
man in the middle, boy that is a lot of picks if true.



On Wednesday, January 21, 1998 10:17 PM, Warwick Janetzki 
[SMTP:giants@icplus.net.au] wrote:
> 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