Re: Excemptions/draft

["Shailendra K Mishra" <skmishra@sprintmail.com>]

NBA.com lists Schintzius and Garnett as training camp invitees which tells
me that they have not signed a contract yet. - Mishra

-----Original Message-----
From: damekmo@teleport.com <damekmo@teleport.com>
To: celtics@igtc.com <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Excemptions/draft


>>Actually, I believe Schintzius was signed to the $1 million exemption with
>>a Celtic option for a second year.  While I don't expect the big guy to be
>>the comeback player of the year, if he is, we'll have a decent center
>>lined up for two years at no money.  Since the third year would give him
>>LB rights, I have to think we'd have the inside track on him there as
>>well.  If he  turns out to be a bust (as I'd expect), we pay him about
>>$600k (pro-rated $1 mill) and say adios.  He even may have some trade
>>value to a team trying to create cap room for next year.  I'm not sure if
>>Dwayne is a good signing, but the way Pitino and Wallace have structured
>>the deal is outstanding.
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>>          Dave Wickerham
>>          aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu
>>          Saratoga Springs, NY
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>How many exemptions does each team get per year? Let's say Schintzius is a
>bust and Pitino realizes two weeks into practice. He says "adios" before
>the regular season starts and the team has lost that exemption for the
>entire year? Yes?
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>Paul M.
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