Post: FA Jon Barry???

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Tom, 

Good post.  I like Stack's physicality, but he's the
ultimate cel-phone player.  I would much rather get
Vaught or Rogers from the clips.  Vescey says in
today's post that the Celts are interested in Jon
Barry as a FA.  I think this guy stinks on ice, and
would rather have any number of CBA players. 
Whatever.  Does anyone know when the trading can
start?  What's the hold up?


--- Thomas Murphy <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
> 
> 

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