RE: This is the mentality of Celtics fans

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

Did he ever put up the 18 & 20 + board games Lorenzen Wright has ?  If we 
are going to give Mercer away I would prefer Wright unless the salary 
differences are that major.

I am still waiting for Pitono to acquire a real player, not a role player. 
Popeye for Walker makes more sense to me. And packaging anderson, Mercer & 
anyone except AW and Pierce for a star.  I would think Anderson,  Mercer & 
Barros or battie or next years #1 would be better than what some teams are 
offering.







On Friday, July 30, 1999 6:01 AM, clittlefield@lycos.com 
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>  To:      "Joshua Ozersky" <jozersky@stny.rr.com>,
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>  Subject: Re: This is the mentality of Celtics fans
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> The reason why fans always rip GMs so much for not making trades
> is because they have no clue what is realistically available.
> I'd rather send Mercer to San Antonio for three first rounders
> and Tim Duncan but that's completely irrelevant.
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> Another point - Samaki Walker's second year stats compare favorably
> with Tony Battie's second year stats (except shotblocking). They both
> also played on teams with identical 19-31 records.
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> T Battie: 22.4 mpg, 6.7 ppg (51.9% fg), 6.0 rpg, 1.42 bpg
> S Walker: 25.0 mpg, 8.9 ppg (48.6% fg), 7.4 rpg, 0.98 bpg
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> Admittedly Samaki regressed in his third year but that's the reason
> that he's available, and probably he can be signed up long-term for
> relatively cheap. But many people feel that Battie has great potential
> beyond what his stats would indicate; perhaps Samaki is a similar type
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> With more minutes, he might be a 12 ppg, 10 rpg, 1.5 bpg performer
> which in my mind is easily worth giving up Mercer for.
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> > Pitino will be run out of town if they don't make the playoffs as he
> > promised,  so I seriously doubt the Dallas trade would happen.
> > I'd rather send Mercer to Denver for Fortson and a 1st round pick.
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