Re: It's slow...I have questions.

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

There may be some news tomorrow through Friday, since the Rookie/Free
agent
camp will be in session.

I would trade Walker for Brand and Kukoc, since Brand fulfills a need
and should be pretty good, and Kukoc adds cap flexibility with one year
left on his contract.  There would have to be other players involved in
the
deal however, because of Walker's base salary...
Ray


> Subject: It's slow...I have questions.
> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 07:34:23 -0300
> From: damekmo@teleport.com
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> 
> For a while, it appears that it's going to be slow on this list. Not much
> news until we get closer to Aug. 1. So...I have a question. All this Paul
> Pierce is untradeable talk, to be honest, makes me itch. I think we can all
> agree that if someone from the Raptors called Pitino, and in a moment of
> insanity, offered to trade Vince Carter for Pierce, Pitino would pack
> Paul's bags and drive him to the airport. Yes? Sure he would. Now....I have
> a question about Paul's year. After his first "Hall of Fame" month, what
> did Pierce prove he could do well? Offensively...defensively...what does
> Pierce do well, not so well...what parts of his game need improvement? What
> parts of his game went south after that first month. What about his
> attitude...his head? I'm just curious. Untradeable? Untradeable because of
> his skills? I have a few thoughts on Pierce, but I'd just like to know what
> others on this list think of his game. And since it's slow, the following
> comes from Dave Krieger of the Rocky Mountain News:
> 
> >http://www.insidedenver.com/nuggets/0701draf0.shtml
> 
> >          There were also rumors that the Chicago Bulls, who made Duke
> >forward Elton Brand the first player picked, had a deal in place to trade
> >him, although sources were unsure where. For his part, Bulls vice
> >president Jerry Krause predicted a long career for Brand, but didn't
> >specify just where.<P>
> >          "I think you'll see him be a '4' in this league for many, many
> >years to come," said Krause, who also took St. John's small forward Ron
> >Artest with the 16th pick.<P>
> 
> >          For all the lavish praise heaped on No. 1 pick Elton Brand by
> >Bulls vice president Jerry Krause and others, Krause wasn't so convinced
> >that he turned down a last-minute up-close-and-personal session with Lamar
> >Odom before finally deciding to play it safe.<P>
> >          After flying to Washington on Tuesday to be backstage at the MCI
> >Center on Wednesday night, Odom turned around and flew to Chicago to work
> >out for Krause on Tuesday night.<P>
> >          "We talked, got things out in the open," Odom said. "We laid
> >everything on the line. He's a blunt guy. I like it like that. I had the
> >feeling he had a real interest."<P>
> >         Here's what the 19-year-old Odom told him about his erratic
> >behavior prior to the draft: "I was just getting my whole situation
> >together as far as the people around me. The business side of things is
> >brutal, and that's what really turned me off and made me want to turn back
> >to college. But I'm just ready to grab the bull by its horns.<P>
> >         "I've made some mistakes lately. But I'd rather make minor
> >mistakes at 19 than major mistakes at 29. I came across some of the
> >general managers, and they realize I'm a young man with a head on his
> >shoulders with a lot of character."<P>
> 
> One other question. If Odom and Pierce were both coming out this year, and
> they're both on the board for the Celtics, who do you take?
> 
> Paul M.