RE: We lost Stewart!!!

["Odegaard, Greg M." <GMOdegaa@rmc.com>]

Not to be too argumentative, but if this following statement (from RSMall's
note) is true, what possibly gives us the indication that after the debacle
of not being able to sign him today for 2 times the real value money, we
would ever be able to "steal" him from the Raptors in one or ten years.
Come on he came to Boston saw the town, the Fleet, the pratice facility,
probably got to meet Red, and eat at Durgan Park, check in at SportsWorld,
sneek into Fenway, have a beer over at Harvard Yard or with Norm, tour the
JFK museum and birthplace, AND he still didn't want to come to Boston.  We
have to move on from this guy because he obviously doesn't have the tools
above the shoulders to be a member of Celtic team, IMHO.

As much as I hate to say Jeremy's message that follows that is dead on.
This is how bleak it can be, in a worst case scenario.  Stewart was the key
piece, but a critical one none the less.  Hell one note showed, Toronto
saving their 1.75MM slot for Alvin Williams.  Double rats then.  

Back to drowning in my sorrows,
Ode


>Stewart's deal is
>only 1 year anyway, so if he really impresses we could go steal him from
>the Raptors after this season.
>



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy [mailto:jwarren@eecs.tufts.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 2:29 PM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: We lost Stewart!!!


On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Ken Mattina wrote:

> At 02:21 PM 1/21/99 -0500, Jeremy wrote:
> >WEEI just announced that Stewart signed with Toronto... I guess Jackie
> >MacMullen was right about free agents not wanting to come to Boston.
> >Unless we trade for a center, things really look bleak for this season.
> >
> >Jeremy
> >
> 
> Please define "bleak".
> 
> Ken

Bleak (as defined in the Webster's Lexicon Dictionary):

Losing a free agent recruiting battle with Toronto when they offer $1M for
one year; not having a legitimate center on your roster when every other
team in your division does; resting the hopes of your franchise on a west
coast up-tempo style when you're in an east coast Bones-Thugs-N-Harmony
division; having no interior presence whatsoever; playing only 5 of your
first 18 games at home; facing the very real possibility of not making the
playoffs for the fourth year in a row; putting band-aids (Popeye and
Battie) on cancerous tumors while division rivals significantly improve
their teams; having no cap space for the next seven years.

I think I'm turning into Paul M.

Jeremy