RE: It's a lie...a damn lie!

["Odegaard, Greg M." <GMOdegaa@rmc.com>]

I couldn't agree with this very astute assessment more.  I too have been
hooked into a possible trade that could apparently help the team (why hasn't
Dikembe suited up yet for a game?) and found this ongoing nugget somewhat
curious, but find the ongoing discussion ringing untrue.  Sure if this deal
happens, or some other for that matter, I as a Boston Celtic fan will
continue to expect the best, but I don't see the available big men on the
"market" are going to help us get to the next level, without giving up too
much (Mercer) making getting to the next level maybe even harder.

I hate to put to much stock into one game, but tonight's is very critical
for the continuing development of this Celtic team.

Otherwise quit picking on the Western Conference leading Portland
Trailblazers.  Calling these fine upstanding gentleman names, hurts my
feelings and my respect for my fellow man.  

Have a wonderful weekend friends,
Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: KK [mailto:Kestutis.Kveraga@Dartmouth.EDU]
Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 1:43 PM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: It's a lie...a damn lie!


Josh Ozersky wrote:
> 
> I think the deal could well be true, for the following reasons:

Come on, people, it's just some kid (in terms of either chronological or
mental age) playing games. Where's the parental supervision these days? :))

<...>
> 3.  The message has three sources given: a radio station in LA, WEEI,
> and Wallace.   And it sounds real to me, although certainly it is
> highway robbery for us.  Did you read what I posted about Mo Taylor?
>

Yeah, right. WCAL a radio station in LA? FYI, it's a college music station
at
St. Olaf's, an evangelical Lutheran college in Minnesota sticks. Reporting
on
Clippers-Celtics trades should be about the last thing on the DJ's mind
there.
Besides, how would the prankster listen in to the dinky outfit, given the
fact
his spurious posts originated in Armonk, NY? Not to mention the fact that
such
a trade as reported could not work because of a mismatch in salaries, or a
good bet that not even the Clips would be stupid enough to trade MT and LW
for
an un-re-signed (sic!) Mercer and assorted flotsam (I like Riley, but he
can't
be a full-time contributor at this point). 

In all, a poorly done hoax that worked on some because it delivered exactly
what these people were pining for. Me, I'd rather keep the New Big Three
(NBT)
and go the FA/draft/development route. IMO, there are very few players worth
trading one+ of the NBT for, and such trades almost surely will not happen.
A
significant part of the enjoyment derived from watching the Celtics for me
has
to do with the team's unique and attractive personality, defined by the NBT
and people like DeClercq, Barros, Bowen and McCarty. I'd rather win less
with
Mercer & Co. than more with someone like the Oakland (now New York)
Strangler,
his crotch-grabbing teammate LJ, or that epitome of JailBlazerness, Isiah
Rider.