Re: More Fortson trade talk

["Troy Hash" <troyhash@kih.net>]

I like it too!  Only problem I see is that our front line is still small
and will have trouble playing bigger players.  Maybe we can sign Tony B.
and he'll stop help with that.  Williams, if healthy, will add that spark
off the bench that we need.  Washington will be cut probably or have a
phantom injury all year.  The 1st rounder made it a good deal.  Troy

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> From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
> To: CeltsSteve <celtssteve@mindspring.com>; celtics@igtc.com; Alex Wang
<awang@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: More Fortson trade talk
> Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 9:44 AM
> 
> This is a really great trade; the only down side of it
> is the enormous six year, 23 million dollar contract
> the Nuggets gave Eric Williams.  We all know how
> effective he can be as a scorer off the bench, but
> boy, that's a lot of money to pay a guy to do that.  I
> guess this means Dana is being traded somewhere.  I
> absolutely love Fortson.  With him starting at four,
> we have an incredible rebounding team, and really
> hardnosed guys in the frontcourt.  And Fortson can
> move!  We are really going to make life difficult for
> opposing defenses.  And if we sign Tony, we will
> really be man-eater-uppers.  I predict a 44 win season
> if this trade goes through.
> 
> Josh
> 
> 
> --- CeltsSteve <celtssteve@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > Pitino is very familiar with Eric Washington, having
> > coached against him
> > while he was palying for Alabama. He's starting to
> > come into his own and
> > you're right: he is a 3-point shooter; much better
> > than Mercer.
> > 
> > What would be interesting to see is how Eric
> > Williams would fit into
> > rotation.
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
> > To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 12:51 AM
> > Subject: More Fortson trade talk
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > <<Eric Washington is entering the second year of his
> > two year, $1.1M
> > contract. He's 6'4" and 190 lbs but listed as a
> > forward on NBA.com. 20.0
> > mpg, 5.4 ppg (39.7% fg, 38.1% 3fg), 2.3 rpg, 0.8
> > apg. I think he's a three
> > point specialist shooting guard. Probably he's there
> > just to make the
> > salaries work out although Pitino would probably say
> > lots of nice things
> > about him at the press conference.>>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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