Manly article on Vecsey

[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

Actually, I would say that Manly's article is the irresponsible one
in this case. Manly: "[Vecsey] said that Orlando's troubled - and 
oft-injured - Penny Hardaway is headed to Boston in a trade for Ron 
Mercer and Kenny Anderson." In fact, Vecsey only said that Boston 
was "seriously considering offering" Mercer and Anderson, which is 
a far different thing, and completely accurate by Pitino's admission.

Next, Manly says, "If the Celtics can't pay Mercer, then how, pray 
tell, are they going to pay a perennial All-Star?" Again, Manly is
missing the point. It is not that the Celtics can't pay Mercer, it
is that they don't want to, if his asking price is too high. It will
probably turn out that Mercer will ask very close to the maximum,
at which point you'd much rather have a "perennial All-Star", because
it's at the same price. At the same time, the trade would get rid
of Anderson's salary.

Alex