RE: trades vs free agency

[JIm <gandahlf@capecod.net>]

>Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:08:35 -0400
>To: John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>
>From: JIm <gandahlf@capecod.net>
>Subject: RE: trades vs free agency
>In-Reply-To: <01BD9975.12719960.Jlyell@concentric.net>
>
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>At 10:11 PM 6/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>I still like moving Anderson for Marbury who Minnesota probably can not 
>>afford to resign and giving him the big bucks. He is the best young point 
>>in the league and extremely quick.  Move Walker for David Robinson & sign 
>>Guggliotta or someone in the draft to replace Walker.
>>
>If Gaston won't sign Walker for 105 million, Why would he sign Marbury
>for 125 million?? Is Marbury better than Walker?? NOT!!
>Anderson is ranked one of the top 5 Points in the league, Marbury is not.
>Robinson will make close to 14 million this year, and close to 17 next year.
>So we should go over the cap to get a 35 year old center and a virtually
unproven point guard??? We have not thought of Goog's salary yet. He said 
>he will take 7 million to stay in Minnesota, but more like 10 - 12 million
a year to leave. So that leaves us
>Robinson 14 million
>Marbury   17 million
>Googs    10 Million (low end)
>
>Total    41 Million under contract for two years, What low end cba players
are we going to bring in to play with them?
>JIm
> 
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>>On Saturday, June 13, 1998 9:09 AM, Alex Wang [SMTP:awang@mit.edu] wrote:
>>> Ominous article in the Globe today: Pitino thinks it's 50-50, at best,
>>> that they can sign Walker. He also says he wants to improve the team
>>> through trades rather than free agency because he doesn't have the cap
>>> room (or money?) to get the quality free agents.
>>>
>>> The Celtics are not going to significantly improve their team by trading
>>> bench players. It seems like Pitino is clearly indicating that he will
>>> try to trade at least one of the big three (Walker, Mercer, Anderson).
>>> I really hope they can compromise somehow with Walker. Pitino says he
>>> has the authority to spend $14M/year, which would be $84M for a six year
>>> contract. Walker wants $105M reportedly. I can't believe they would let
>>> a $21M difference force them to give up Walker if they really wanted to
>>> keep them, since $21M doesn't buy you much in today's free agent market.
>>> Hopefully it's just posturing, and Gaston is just trying to get Walker
>>> to settle for $95M or so.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>
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