Re: Stackhouse

["R. Bentz Kirby" <bocelts@usit.net>]

Why would you want Jerry Stackhouse over Ron Mercer?  Why would you want Jamal
Mashburn over Ron Mercer?  PJ Brown I can see, but don't want.  The other two
are wastes with bad attitudes.  Poison at best.

John Lyell wrote:

> 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
> >

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