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Re: Celtic Notes
> Shaun Bradley? I'm sorry, only a team with MJ on it will win a
> championship with him as the starting center. (Juries still out on Pot.
> IMO) Finley for Walker? Celt's can do better. <Jim
> Ray wrote:.......This has been your Celtics Notes for the day. Thank You.
> Okay, here's some more: The present Celtics are playing a pre-season
> exhibition game in Lexington, Kentucky. It's Rick's gift to his
> Kentucky Mafia, and a chance for the locals to see Kentucky products:
> Walker, McCarty and Turner.
>
> Celtics Exceptions:
>
> It appears the C's will have three exceptions available to them in
> the next two years. The $1.1 million exception, which can be used
> every other year, and apparently the C's are going to save it for
> next season as...
>
> They may use the Greg Minor injury exception this year. It will be
> for half his salary, either $1.2 or $1.4 million. But it's not a
> sure-fire thing that it will be available to them, and even if it
> is there are certain requirements. First of all, the League physician
> has to certify that Minor can not play this season. If that's
> the case, then the NBA Board of Govenors must give thier okay.
> If that happens, the C's have to use the exception by October 1st.
> The good news is that it can be used as part of a package deal.
> So, if the C's were to deal for one of Orlando's 200 power forwards,
> they'd have an extra $1.2 or so million to accomplish the trade.
>
> The other exception is the Mid Level Salary Exception, and it will be up
> to $2.2 million next season.
>
> I think the presence of the Mid Level Salary Exception is one of the
> reasons,
> so many teams are trading away their draft picks. Why waste a million or
> so
> on an unproven player, when you can use the ML exception and come up
> with
> a proven commodity.
>
> Antoine Walker Trade:
>
> Is very difficult because he's a base year compensation guy for the next
> two
> seasons, and the C's can only take back fifty or so percent of his
> contract.
> So, a third team has to be involved to make the numbers work. But a
> trade
> isn't impossible, and I see two possibilities:
>
> Walker to Milwaukee for Glenn Robinson
>
> Walker and Potapenko to Dallas for Finley and Bradley
>
> A third team would have to intervene to make the cap numbers work, but
> with
> the Orlando Magic around, that's no problem.
>
> As to why Milwaukee would trade Robinson for Walker: George Karl has the
> Pitino disease. He wants athletes at every position and thinks he can
> take somone else's problem child and resurrect them. Also, one too many
> story
> this summer about George Karl saying he's not shopping Robinson.
> Makes me suspicious.
>
> As far as the Dallas deal goes, both Bradley and Finley can be free
> agents
> in 2001, and there's whispers that both are leaving. Bradley because of
> his
> shot-blocking and rebounding is a better fit in Pitino's system than
> Pot.
> Finley would be great with Pierce. From a Dallas perspective, Walker
> and
> V are signed for another five years, so they're not going anywhere. I
> think I would endorse this trade if it happened. Bradley and Fortson
> would be a funky Laurel and Hardy combo. Of course, the C's would have
> to
> sign the two of them to extensions....
> Ray
Title: Celtic Notes
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Celtic Notes
Approximately 6000 B.P., a proto-Scythian group in the Taurus
Mountains of the East Asiatic steppes, attained feudal domain over
their fellow Indo-Europeans under the leadership of the Great
Tula and began a two millenium Westward migration that would
see them reach the shores of Ireland and be known as the Celts.
This has been your Celtics Notes for the day. Thank You.
Okay, here's some more: The present Celtics are playing a pre-season
exhibition game in Lexington, Kentucky. It's Rick's gift to his
Kentucky Mafia, and a chance for the locals to see Kentucky products:
Walker, McCarty and Turner.
Celtics Exceptions:
It appears the C's will have three exceptions available to them in
the next two years. The $1.1 million exception, which can be used
every other year, and apparently the C's are going to save it for
next season as...
They may use the Greg Minor injury exception this year. It will be
for half his salary, either $1.2 or $1.4 million. But it's not a
sure-fire thing that it will be available to them, and even if it
is there are certain requirements. First of all, the League physician
has to certify that Minor can not play this season. If that's
the case, then the NBA Board of Govenors must give thier okay.
If that happens, the C's have to use the exception by October 1st.
The good news is that it can be used as part of a package deal.
So, if the C's were to deal for one of Orlando's 200 power forwards,
they'd have an extra $1.2 or so million to accomplish the trade.
The other exception is the Mid Level Salary Exception, and it will be up
to $2.2 million next season.
I think the presence of the Mid Level Salary Exception is one of the
reasons,
so many teams are trading away their draft picks. Why waste a million or
so
on an unproven player, when you can use the ML exception and come up
with
a proven commodity.
Antoine Walker Trade:
Is very difficult because he's a base year compensation guy for the next
two
seasons, and the C's can only take back fifty or so percent of his
contract.
So, a third team has to be involved to make the numbers work. But a
trade
isn't impossible, and I see two possibilities:
Walker to Milwaukee for Glenn Robinson
Walker and Potapenko to Dallas for Finley and Bradley
A third team would have to intervene to make the cap numbers work, but
with
the Orlando Magic around, that's no problem.
As to why Milwaukee would trade Robinson for Walker: George Karl has the
Pitino disease. He wants athletes at every position and thinks he can
take somone else's problem child and resurrect them. Also, one too many
story
this summer about George Karl saying he's not shopping Robinson.
Makes me suspicious.
As far as the Dallas deal goes, both Bradley and Finley can be free
agents
in 2001, and there's whispers that both are leaving. Bradley because of
his
shot-blocking and rebounding is a better fit in Pitino's system than
Pot.
Finley would be great with Pierce. From a Dallas perspective, Walker
and
V are signed for another five years, so they're not going anywhere. I
think I would endorse this trade if it happened. Bradley and Fortson
would be a funky Laurel and Hardy combo. Of course, the C's would have
to
sign the two of them to extensions....
Ray