Re: DeClerc + No. 1 for Potapenko

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

I don't think we should be offering DQ and a #1 for a Center with limited
mobility.  How well do you think he will fit into RP's pressure defensive
scheme?  Also, he is a FA at the season's end, so we could be losing 2
bodies for a couple months of Potapenko.  Not worth it in my opinion.  I
agree with Jim Meninno.  Now if it were tonight's adversay, Mutumbo, I would
say pull that trigger.

Cecil

P.S. Is B.J. Armstrong healthy?
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Crane <tcrane@isis.unc.edu>
To: Celtics <Celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 2:34 PM
Subject: DeClerc + No. 1 for Potapenko


> The Herald is reporting that the C's may be close to a deal with
>Cleveland that would send DeClerc plus the C's number one pick for
>Potapenko.  This deal is interesting, but I'm not sure that Potapenko is
>worth the lottery pick that the C's will likely have this off season.
>
>Potapenko is a big body that the C's could desperately use, but if you
>look at the numbers, DeClerc is being just as productive as Potapenko is
>when you factor in the difference in minutes played.  Someone will have
>to remind me exactly how effective of a low post defender Potapenko is.
>We don't really need him to score more than 10 points a game, but can he
>handle the low post defensive duties the C's so desperately lack?
>
>Todd
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