Re: And why the Clippers

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

John:

I was saying that those are the only three dominant centers that would be worth
trading for, and we won't get any of them.

John Lyell wrote:

> If have to disagree with you if you put Mercer, Walker and Pierce in the
> league with Shaq, Hakeem & Duncan.  None except Pierce in his brief stint,
>  has really shown any consistency, and Paul's come down to earth lately.
>  One night they score 30, the next can't throw it in the ocean. AW's as bad
> as Shaq from the free throw line which will cost you a lot of close games,
> if we have any.  Toronto has kicked our butts twice this season. As for a
> real 5, we are not going to land a Duncan, Mutombo, or any decent big man
> for nothing. With stiffs making $8M-$10M a year, we are going to have to
> move one of the big 4, or live with the likes of Riley, Schintzius, Nwoso,
> Vrankovic, Kite, Kleine, etc getting killed nightly even by mediocre teams.
>  Serviceable 2's and 3's are abundant, 4's and 5's are not. We are a .500
> team at the best , even with these 3 .
>
> Someone mentioned Marbury not resigning, if there is any truth to this
> Pitino should be offering Anderson & ? for him right now. Mchale shouldn't
> let him walk without getting anything, and Anderson would probably be the
> closest for kevin, unless someone else would be able to part with an
> Iverson, Kidd, or comparable player. Make him sign an extension of course.
>
> On Saturday, March 06, 1999 8:22 PM, R. Bentz Kirby [SMTP:bocelts@usit.net]
> wrote:
> > John:
> >
> > Even if what you say is true, that doesn't mean that we should trade
> > either Walker, Mercer or Pierce for anyone.  Patience is a virtue.  And
> > we need to hold on.  If we could trade Anderson and someone else, then
> > maybe yes, but not one of these three.  And we need a 5.  The real deal,
> > not just someone with potential.  If we can't get the real deal, then we
> > are better off to wait for draft or free agency later.
> >
> > But truthfully, who besides Shaq, Hakeem and Duncan are really worth
> > trading any of these three for.  Those are the only ones I would
> > consider and really not even for Hakeem as he is too old.  The fact is,
> > we can't trade for any of those three so to talk about trading one of
> > the 3 is not good basketball or other sense.
> >
> > If these guys were that good and we needed them to become a championship
> > team, the Clippers would have won at least as many games as the Celtics
> > by now.
> >
> > John Lyell wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe because Taylor is and Wright are better at the 4 & 5 spot than
> anyone
> > > we have,  and until we realize we don't have a good 4 or 5,  we will
> never
> > > reach the upper echelon and continue to get beat by teams like Toronto
> &
> > > killed by the Blazers, Jazz , Lakers who are not afraid to make moves
> to
> > > improve their teams ?
> > >
> > > On Saturday, March 06, 1999 8:02 AM, R. Bentz Kirby
> [SMTP:bocelts@usit.net]
> > > wrote:
> > > > And why would we trade for two of the Clippers?  They haven't even
> won a
> > > > game this year, have they?  What kind of talent do they have buried
> > > > there?
> > > > --
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> > > >
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> >
> > --
> > Bentz
> > bocelts@usit.net
> >
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