RE: trades, etc.

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I agree 100%, unfortunately Jerry West has offered Eddie Jones in previous 
trades but not Kobe.  Barring injury this kid could be the next Jordan. 
 Another kid to watch is Corey Benjamin at Oregon St.  He has a lot of the 
same skills. I am scared .  Sorry to say if the Lakers land Stoudamire and 
Camby, who they could move for Jayson Williams,  and only give up Van Exel 
& Campbell, this spells trouble for us in the future especially if they 
don't even give up Eddie Jones !.

Unlike a lot on this list I think we need to move Billups, Knight & 
 McCarty.  Mccarty runs hustles like hell but will never be anything more 
than a role player.  If Gugliotta will be leaving we should offer Knight, 
McCarty, & Brown for Gugliotta & Michael Williams.  Knight & McCarty are 
not the answer . Gugliotta gives us another legit versatile scorer. Can you 
imagine Walker & Gugliotta in the front court ?  Ad a good point and big 
man through FA, draft, or a trade and we could compete with anyone.

This team gets very few easy shots against good teams due to inadequate 
penetration and passing capability, and that jumping in the air with no 
plan is getting old..


Yeah we could hang on to these players and let them mature, but in a couple 
of years we could have a few more Dee Brown, Dana Barros, Greg Minors, & 
Pervis Ellison's with limited trade value and big contracts.

I would also do a 3 way with Billups, Knight  Declercq & McCarty to 
Toronto,  Stoudamire & Camby to Jersey &  Cassell & Jayson Williams & John 
Wallace to the Celtics.

Cassell would giving us an experienced scoring point, and Williams a force 
inside, and Wallace another scorer at the 3 or 4.

	


Good win tonight in a game we almost gave away.




On Friday, January 23, 1998 12:53 PM, Kerry Kee [SMTP:kkee@highground.com] 
wrote:
>
> >As for Game Boy (as Vescey calls Kobe)  I would trade Billups and Mercer 
for
> >him tomorrow.  The guy is a magnificent talent, already one of the 
dominant
> >one on one players in the NBA.  I'm not kidding.  Eddie Jones is already
> >expendable, and Kobe is a hell of a passer too.  Kobe will be a true
> >dominator, another Ice man.  Open your eyes green people.
> >
>
> As much as I hate to admit it (as a C's fan), Kobe is for real.
> He's still young and a raw talent but he is so much more talented
> than most of the people on the court with him.
>
> He's definitely out of the "showtime" mold which is probably
> why most C's fans don't like him.  But as far as ability goes,
> he's got plenty and he's only going to get better.  Closest
> thing I've seen to "Jordanesque" from the young guns of the NBA.
>
> I had heard some report that the reason Eddie Jones was so expendable was
> because Kobe consistently abuses him in practice.
>
> (Sorry to go on about a Laker)
>
> - KK
>