RE: portland rumor

["Berry, Mark S" <mberry@journalink.com>]

I like this deal (notice I didn't say love) for a couple of reasons. First,
Cato shows signs of being a real factor in somebody's frontcourt, although
it isn't likely to be Portland's (Sabonis, Grant and Wallace make minutes
hard to come by). Second, I love Jim Jackson. I know most of you know him
more from the talk out of Dallas and assume he's a troublemaker, but
speaking as someone who has followed him since his Ohio State career, let me
say that Jim Jackson is an unselfish, team-first player who is capable of
taking over games, but content to play a role. He is a great passer, a real
post-up threat and versatile enough to play three positions (PG, SG and SF).
I personally believe Jackson is a better all-around player than Mercer.
(Mercer obviously is a better shooter.) Third, Walt Williams is another
solid veteran with versatility to play SG or SF, with three-point range and
also is a surprisingly effective passer.

Picking up two veterans like Jackson and Williams and a young big man like
Cato (who could play alongside VP in a big lineup) makes it a good deal in
my book.

My only concern: It really doesn't address the PF spot, and I'm hoping
Mercer fetches our answer at that spot.

Mark

> ----------
> From: 	Way Of The Ray
> Sent: 	Tuesday, June 29, 1999 10:43 AM
> To: 	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: 	Re: portland rumor
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm as enthusiastic as Josh about this deal.
> It's certainly better than Mercer for Mashburn, but I don't know
> about Cato, other than he worked well with the Green Hornet.
> Ray
> 
> 
> > Subject: Re: portland rumor
> > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 07:08:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
> > To: DJessen33@aol.com, celtics@igtc.com
> > 
> > How fast could you pull the trigger on that one?  I
> > would jump on it hard with both feet if it's true!
> > 
> > --- DJessen33@aol.com wrote:
> > > vecsey comment
> > >
> > > Beside talking to the Bulls about Stoudamire, the
> > > Blazers and Celtics
> > > have also discussed a possible exchange of Ron
> > > Mercer and Dana Barros
> > > for Kelvin Kato, Jimmy Jackson and Walt Williams.
> > >
> > >
> > 
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