Re: RP show

[jmc@ptc.com (Jonathan McIntyre)]

Troy wrote:
> 
> Charles Jowett wrote:
> > >We basically got, I know someone will be quick to correct me if
> > >I'm wrong, Walter and Dontae for Williams.
> > 
> > Actually the deal was essentialy E. WIlliams for W. McCarty, D. Jones and J.  Thomas.
> > In addition sufficient celery cap room was created to sign T. Edny.  A couple of second
> > round picks were obtain fromed Denver (Orlando's 1999 and Denver's 2001) and two
> > future second rounders (unspecified?) were given to New York.
> 
> Looks like lot of you folks out there got bad memories.  Chris Mills was
> given to NY for the 3 youngsters along with our 2 2nd rounders from
> Williams deal.  Now anwser me this,  who in their right minds think that
> the Knicks would have traded their last 3 #1 picks for 2 2nd rounders? 
> Nobody would unless you also are smokin dope "figure of speech for you
> more sensitive folks."  Troy

I think what Charles was saying was that the NET result of the Denver and 
NY Knicks trades was as above.  That's why he said "essentially". 

I don't think anyone thought or claimed that NY only got 2 second rounders.
Since we got cap room & 2nd round picks for Williams, used the cap room to 
sign Edney & Mills, traded Mills & 2nd round picks for McCarty, Jones, and 
Thomas, the net result is exactly as Charles so aptly described above: Williams
for McCarty, Jones, Thomas, Edney & change in quality of 2nd round picks.

A "celery cap" is a funny image.  Is there a cap on the amount of celery 
that a team can consume, and Williams ate a lot?  :-)  Just kidding. 
Maybe they make caps to wear out of celery, and Williams' cap of celery was
too small, so they had to get a smaller person to fit his cap of celery. :-)

Since the original post in this thread by Alex Wang mentioned:
> During a weight training segment, the Celtics conditioning coach
> said his two biggest projects were Travis Knight and Walter McCarty.
> Last year with the Knicks, McCarty dropped from his college playing
> weight of 228 to 213. The goal is to get McCarty back to his college
> playing weight and beyond. 

I thought I'd add that since Pitino & the strength coach were the ones 
who got McCarty in shape in college, after the strength coach described how 
he lost the weight the year with the Knicks, Rick Pitino said:
"How dare they do that to our baby!"   :-)
Pitino seems to always make one really funny comment per show. 

Jon Mc