Re[2]: Just Great

[mberry@journalink.com (Mark Berry)]

You have to think, if this trade happens and they sign Stewart, then we 
certainly have improved this team without spending too much. I know Battie is a 
power forward, but I still think it would be worth it to sign Popeye, if 
possible. They may play the same position, but they play it in vastly different 
ways. Popeye is a plodder whose specialty is dirty work and rebounding. Battie 
is a runner who blocks more shots and, potentially, is more of a scorer. They'd 
be a nice complement to each other in our frontcourt.
Mark


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Subject: Re: Just Great


From:    Mister Ghost <mister_ghost@yahoo.com> at Internet


Date:    1/18/99  1:17 PM





I would think, if they're acquiring Battie,
then they're either planning to renounce Popeye
or he's headed elsewhere.  Battie isn't a center;
hell, he might not even be a power forward, but it's a worthy gamble,
since he only has two years
left on his contract.  We probably won't know till
Thursday, since the start of camps has been delayed as they work out
the final details of the
agreement.
MG




---peter delevett <pdelevett@amcity.com> wrote:
>
> Well, those of you on this list who were adamantly opposed to the
Celtics
> signing Geiger got your wish. We'll see how you feel after Geiger
and Ratliff
> come in this season and ram the ball down our throats (while
blocking six or
> eight shots). (Although I would not have paid $9 mil a year for
Geiger, so I
> guess it's moot.) So much for his wanting to be a Celtic. IMO, this
skews the
> market for FA centers (like M. Stewart) way out of whack -- our best
bet might
> be to reconsider that Campbell trade, if such a deal ever existed.
However,
> ESPN.net is reporting a Travis-for-Battie deal is now imminent.
Personally, I
> don't see how Battie helps us, considering he is really only 6'9.
> 
> If we can get Stewart for whatever we've got under the cap, I say do
it. His
> agent sez he's up to 255 now, though whether that's true, or whether
it's just
> flab, remain to be seen. 
> 
> As for Popeye, I think the C's are likely to be outbid if all
they're offering
> is the $1.7 mil exception. One question I have about this: If we
offer Pops
> the exception, that's a one-year deal, right? So what happens next
year? We'll
> be capped out because, even with the cap rising to $34 mil, Toine's
new $9 mil
> a year deal presumably will be kicking in. The only way we'll have
the room
> for Popeye is if we can move Minor or Pervert.
> 

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