Trade

[Cecil Wright <nocw1@nsh.library.ns.ca>]

I know alot of Beantowners are still down on Billups because he has yet 
to show that he'll emerge next week as a premier point guard.  I'm also 
aware that there's been considerable posts regarding the possibility of 
trading him for Stoudamire, in a package deal.  But do we realize that 
Chauncey has outplayed Damon in their 3 meetings thus far?  Check it out:

     fg/a - 3/a - ft/a - R - A - S - TO              	Final Score:
CB - 5/14 - 3/6 - 9/10 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 2  - 22pts      	Boston 103
DS - 5/13 - 0/3 - 7/9  - 3 - 9 - 0 - 2  - 17pts		Toronto 99

CB - 5/11 - 0/3 - 5/5  - 1 - 8 - 2 - 3  - 15pts		Boston  122
DS - 6/14 - 0/3 - 9/10 - 5 - 6 - 1 - 4  - 21pts		Toronto 109

CB - 3/8  - 2/4 - 10/11- 2 - 4 - 1 - 6  - 18pts		Boston  88
DS - 2/13 - 0/2 - 4/5  - 4 - 5 - 3 - 4  - 8pts		Toronto 83


CB:  81min,.39fg%,.92ft%,.38 3pt%,5 reb,15ast,7st,11to,55pts,18.3ppg
DS: 130min,.32fg%,.83ft%,.00 3pt%,12reb,20ast,4st,10to,46pts,15.3ppg

And look at the huge disparity in minutes played.

I'm not stating that Billups is better than Damon right now, but his 
numbers against him are much better than some of us give him credit for.  
I know it's a team game and all, but he should not be given up on so 
quickly. I strongly feel he'll get better, and if he proves me wrong, we 
dump him.  In reality, he stacks up well versus many other guards in the 
league.  Remember the job he did defensively on Iverson and Marbury at 
the Fleet?

Damon is a defensive liability regardless of his offense.  Someone else 
mentioned that we don't know if he could play defense at the high 
energetic level we've been using this year, AND, such a pace would 
certainly wear on his offense somewhat.

I would send Camby to NJ for Jayson Williams as fast as I could, if a 
deal could be structured since Calipari wants him so bad.

Just my opinion.

Cecil