RE: Stackhouse

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

Of all the Mercer rumors Stackhouse would be one of the most appealing. 
Although as many have stated he has his weaknesses from outside also, he 
could add the slashing player Mercer doesn't seem to be for some reason. I 
just hope we can find someone to dump Anderson on.  Hell I would swap him 
for Childs or Mookie Blaylock.


I still don't like hearing Mashburn or Rodney Rogers in rumors unless it is 
for some dogs like Minor, Ellison, McCarty,  Bowen, etc.  Rogers is too 
short for the 4, to slow for the 3 spot.



On Monday, June 21, 1999 2:15 PM, Thomas Murphy 
[SMTP:tfmiii@worldnet.att.net] wrote:
> The Stackhouse rumor has a few interesting aspects.
>
> As noted by Ray, Stackhouse is not much of an outside threat (although a
> better 3-point shooter than Ron Mercer: 27.8% to 16.7%) and I recall that
> the jumpshot and ballhandling were aspects of the game that Jerry has
> always needed to work on. However, despite his poor shooting percentage
> Stackhouse actually generates more points per shot (1.24 pts/shot - 
compare
> to .99 for RM or 1.07 for AW). This is because he is such an aggressive 
and
> strong finisher to the hoop, which means he is consistently going to the
> free throw line (an average of 7 times a game over his career - compare
> this Ron's 2.6 or to Antoine, our team leader at 5 per game). 
Stackhouse's
> ability to get to the line and convert would be a welcome addition on a
> team that I imagine was close to the bottom of the league in this 
category,
> and Boston's wide-open style should better suit Stackhouse's abilities in
> this respect.
>
> As Ray also noted, Stackhouse is locked up long term at relatively cheap
> money (a 7 year 37 mill deal). At age 24 (25 in November) Stackhouse
> already has 5 years NBA experience and more importantly he has 
demonstrated
> his willingness to come off the bench for the last two seasons. He could
> provide the Celts with a slasher and scorer off the bench, thereby 
enabling
> Pitino to shift Walker to SF, Pierce to SG, and start Tony Battie at PF
> (who I was glad to hear the Celts want to re-sign).
>
> Would this be a good trade? I have my doubts - despite the Cs' desperate
> need for bench scoring and someone who knows how to attack the basket, it
> sounds at best like a lateral move. Why not bring Mercer off the bench? 
Now
> if only the Pistons could throw in a first-round draft pick this swap 
might
> be more alluring, since even in the middle of the draft some interesting
> PGs should be available (Herren, Vonteego Cummings), but Detroit doesn't
> have a 1st-rounder and if they did they'd draft a PG themselves.
>
> I wonder if we offered to throw Dana Barros into the package what we 
might
> be able to extract? On offer of Barros (3.5 mil), Ellison (2.4 mil) or
> Minor (2.5 mil) and Mercer (2.0 mil) for Bison Dele (4.8 mil) and
> Stackhouse (3.8 mil) would clear the cap rules but is it desirable? 
Boston
> would add scoring punch and depth (at C and SF/SG) but questions abound:
> Stackhouse's "J," the Bison's consistency, and is Damon Jones really 
ready
> to step in when and if Kenny gets hurt? This scenario strikes me as only
> marginally better that the one above - but I guess at least it doesn't
> involve Mashburn! On the other hand, staying the course does not seem to 
be
> an option, particularly since it seems that the Celts are afraid Mercer
> will jump ship. I guess we'll see soon. . .
>
> Best wishes
>
> Tom Murphy
>