Re: Peter May is a joke

[Bruce Allen <ballen007@yahoo.com>]

You forgot to mention the Shot he took at Antoine in
the last sentence of this column. 

"No Celtic placed in the top 10 in any of the
significant categories. But Antoine Walker was seventh
in shots attempted, which comes as no surprise."

--- DJessen33@aol.com wrote:
> Peter May has now become an advocate of Mercer. Gee,
> I guess he likes this 
> team the way it is now. Sure has never said that in
> any of his previous 
> writings.  Man, it sure is easy to play the devil's
> advocate on every Celtic 
> move and never have to responsible for any of your
> calls...
> 
> <Mercer in the middle
> 
> You have to wonder what is going on with the Celtics
> and Ron Mercer. 
> This cannot be a money thing; the Celtics aren't the
> Florida Marlins. 
> When Rick Pitino talks about his ''budget,'' he
> neglects to note that 
> he's already far over it anyway. If he's so
> concerned about money and 
> Mercer, why was he so quick to re-sign Walter
> McCarty for $2.8 million 
> per year? There may be an honest difference of
> opinion about what Mercer 
> is worth, which would hardly be an NBA first. That's
> what negotiations 
> are all about. It can't be about Mercer's viability
> as a contributor; 
> he's a very nice piece of the puzzle (to borrow a
> phrase from M.L. Carr
> ). But with the Celtics entertaining trade offers
> and Pitino saying he 
> can't get in touch with Mercer's agent, well, you
> can see where this is 
> all going. So can Tevester Scott, who represents
> Mercer. ''It's 
> propaganda,'' he said. ''I've talked several times
> to [Boston general 
> manager] Chris Wallace. You start feeding the media
> like that and I 
> wonder, what's your reason?'' Scott is well aware
> that he and No Limit, 
> the agency handling Mercer, are making their NBA
> debut and people are 
> watching. He is aware of the rules that prevent
> negotiations before July 
> 1. That includes faxing contract proposals. ''I
> don't know what they 
> expect me to do,'' Scott said. ''I mean, how far can
> you go? Not very 
> far. We're new and people are waiting for us to slip
> up. I won't. I know 
> the rules.'' Regarding Mercer, Scott said, ''Ron has
> no problem with the 
> city of Boston or the fans. [He never mentioned
> Pitino.] I have to go 
> for the best deal I can get. I can't base that on
> what the Celtics are 
> saying. The only thing Ron's worried about is if
> Boston is willing to 
> step up to the table. He wants the best situation
> for him.'' The real 
> fear among the Celtics has to be that Mercer will
> leave. As Kevin McHale 
> noted, that should only be a fear if there are three
> teams lined up to 
> pay him what the Celtics won't. That doesn't seem to
> be the case, 
> although Chicago GM Jerry Krause likes him a lot and
> could have a hefty 
> stash to spend next summer. But this is not new; the
> Celtics have been 
> discussing a Mercer trade for a while. They can't
> move him alone because 
> his salary is artificially small (by NBA standards),
> which is why he's 
> being coupled with Kenny Anderson. It's really
> something. Two years ago, 
> Pitino stood at a podium at the FleetCenter and
> announced he had his 
> backcourt of the future. Chauncey Billups lasted
> five months. It doesn't 
> seem as though Mercer is going to stick around a
> whole lot longer>
> 
> DJessen33
> 
> 

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