Re: Fwd: Odom back to school

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

> Subject: Re: Fwd: Odom back to school
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:35:24 PDT
> From: Jim Meninno <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> 
> >From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> 
> >People need to get beyond this.  What happened, happened,.  Drafting
> >Chauncy and trading him for Kenny Anderson may have been just as
> >big as a setback.
> 
> And you would have drafted, who?  Tony Battie?  Brevin Knight?  Big f'ing
> deal. It's not as if they missed an all star to pick Chauncey.  Actually, it
> was worth taking a chance that he would be a point guard. I'm also not ready
> to write off Kenny.

It's just that it gets to the point that people sound like they're
whining about
Duncan.  "We lost out on Tim... Waaah."  It was a setback, but sometimes
you
just have to move on.  

On Chauncy: You get the third pick in the draft and poof, he's gone 6
months
later.  That's poor management.  Even if it was a lean draft,
a Brevin Knight or Battie would have been preferable, and may have
freed up cap space, so they could sign the veteran they need, rather
than be logged down with Kenny's contract.  

> 
> >We'll have to wait until the end results before rejoicing.
> 
> Why?  You regularly blast Pitino for trades that haven't happened yet, and
> probably will never happen.  Surely it's OK for someone to say they're happy
> it appears that, right now, Antoine is working very hard on his game.

Well, if the deal sounds stupid, why shouldn't I criticize it.  Sure if
people
want to be happy in June, fine, but being happy in June has no impact on
November.  A bad trade in June, definitely impacts the team in November.
Ray




> Good night,
> Jim
> 
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