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Re: Pitino: We Want To Re-Sign Mercer
I agree with the other poster who said to sign Mercer. I think it is imperative to
keep Mercer. More so than a trade for a big man or a point guard. Keep Mercer and
break Anderson's hands if he shots more than say, Charlie Ward or Chris Childs.
Learn a lesson from the Knicks from this year and their run. I think they are close
to what Pitino sees in his mind's eye. Just not quite as good.
It'll be interesting to see what Jackson can do in LA. They gave away two good
players just to make Kobe happy. They lack heart and Jackson has no MJ to save
him. If he wins from there, I'll be impressed.
Way Of The Ray wrote:
> Boston Herald
>
> Van Gundy will stay put
> NBA Finals Notebook/by Steve Bulpett
> Saturday, June 26, 1999
> <snips>
> C's in no rush with Mercer
> Rick Pitino said the Celtics are still confident about getting things
> worked out with Ron Mercer. He had expressed some surprise that the club
> had yet to get together with Mercer's representatives at No Limit, but
> Pitino is now looking more than three weeks down the road to get into
> serious negotiations for a contract extension with his starting 2-guard.
> Mercer has come up in trade talks, and Pitino makes no excuses for testing
> the waters.
> ``We've gotten calls, and there's been nothing we'd really consider
> doing,'' Pitino said. ``Since Ron came here, there's been tremendous
> interest in him. Ron knows that part of me only wants what's best for him.
> That's the part that recruited him (to Kentucky). But the other part has
> to do what's best for the Boston Celtics. He and I are very much on the
> same page with what's going on. Our first option is to sign him. No. 2 is
> to let him play the year out and finish his contract. The No. 3 option is
> to trade him if we didn't feel we could sign him.''
>
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Bentz Kirby
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