RE:

["Witch Craft" <witchcraft1998@hotmail.com>]

I disagree strongly.  Just because a team doesn't make the playoffs, 
doesn't mean there aren't quality players on that club, which we see
with both the Celtics, the Clippers, the Pistons, the Grizzlies, etc.  
Is Abdur-Rahim a quality role-player?  He played on the Grizzlies, a 
lottery team after all.  How about Grant Hill?  He was
with Detroit another perrenial lottery contender.  Nope, guys like
Olowokandi (as you noted), Taylor, Skinner (the next Theo Ratliff?),
Wright (when he's healthy), and Rogers can all be starters for the C's. 
The problem with the Clipps is they lack stability, veteran leadership, 
and their backcourt, general manager, and owner stinks.
WC


>From: Simon Kean <skean@atlasmail.com>
>To: "celtics@igtc.com" <celtics@igtc.com>
>Subject: RE:
>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:35:06 +1000
>
>Are you forgetting where all these guys (with the exception of Kandi) 
have got the Clippers over the last few years? Apart from last seasons 
brief playoff fling, the Clippers are just as lottery seasoned as we 
are. While these guys would make quality role-players, that is indeed 
all they will ever be. Hardly worth giving up the future of the 
franchise for. And while we may have the ability to send our cap busters 
with Mr Walker, the upside of this 21 year old (which I think people 
overlook), is too great to give up on yet, expecially without receiving 
anyone with equal or better talent in the process.
>
>Simon Kean
>
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>From:  Witch Craft[SMTP:witchcraft1998@hotmail.com]
>Sent:  Thursday, 8 October 1998 11:03
>To:  pdelevett@sjbj.com; celtics@igtc.com
>
>Olowokandi will be one of the better centers in the NBA; just a
>step below Duncan; Taylor with the right coach has a chance to make a 
>couple of All-Star teams - excellent potential; Rogers can score
>and play both forward positions; Vaught when he's healthy can
>rebound and defend; Wright's limited offensively, but can really
>rebound - right now he's a middle class Jayson Williams with potential
>to develop; you forgot the mighty Stojko Vrankovich; and there's the
>guy they drafted from Baylor who Il Duce had in for a workout and
>impressed him - Brian Skinner: Good shotblocker and rebounder.  In
>the last two years, Pitino has had three Clippers in for pre-draft
>workouts: Taylor, Olowokandi, and Skinner.  Keep those three in mind.
>WC
>
>
>>Date: 07 Oct 98 16:43:02 -0800
>>From: Peter Delevett <pdelevett@sjbj.com>
>>To: Celtics <Celtics@igtc.com>
>>Reply-To: Peter Delevett <pdelevett@sjbj.com>
>>
>>Hey Witchy -- let's have some more detail. Who would you take for 
>Toine? Here's who I see as likely candidates at the 4 & 5 (IMO, doesn't 
>make sense to pursue anybody else because we're pretty set at G & SF).
>>
>>Rodney Rogers - 6'7, 255 - you think AW is undersized for the 4? last 
>year scored 15 ppg & grabbed 5.6 boards in 30+ mpg; shot 45% from field 
>and is a negligible shot blocker. Makes about $2 mil a year but is a FA 
>in '99.
>>
>>Lorenzen Wright - 6'11, 240 - I like him, but he's also a FA next 
year. 
>9 points, almost 9 boards & 1.2 blocks in nearly 30 mpg. 
>>Maurice Taylor - 6'9, 250 - same size as AW - 2 yrs left on contract, 
>after which he'll look to cash in. 11.5 points, only 4 boards in ca. 20 
>MPG. 47% fg. Also not much of a shot blocker.
>>
>>Keith Floss, I mean Closs - the man is 7'3 and weighs 212 pounds. He 
>isn't a ballplayer, he's a poster child for anorexia. Grabbed less than 
>3 boards a game, but did block 1.3 shots in about 12 mpg, so he could 
be 
>a throw in (although he don't come cheap at ca. $2 mil a year through 
>2002).
>>
>>There's also Loy Vaught, but he's a FA this year and he missed most of 
>last year because of back problems, which is never a good sign. It's 
too 
>bad because I have always liked him.
>>
>>The problem with any of these guys is, the two most promising ones 
>(Wright & Taylor) are free agents in 1 and 2 years, respectively, so 
>you'd find yourself in the same pay him/trade him quandary we're now in 
>with Antoine. But I'd like to hear your thoughts.
>>
>>Witch Craft wrote:
>>
>>Kelvin Cato does not function well in a transition offense; he's
>>more suited to a slowdown,  half-court-type offense.  Rasheed
>>Wallace is a finesse player, and the C's have an overpopulation of 
them 
>in their forntcourt as it is.  The LA Clippers and their multitude 
>ofbeefy, physical frontcourters are the team you want to trade Walker 
>to...
>> 
>>
>>
>>
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