Re: Pitinospeak

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

On the subject of Charlotte, I wonder who they would 
want in addition to Mercer for Eddie Jones?


--- Alex Wang  wrote:
> > Let's throw it open to all of the GM wannbes out
> there.  If you're not
> > willing to pay Ron Mercer, who will you get -- or
> do you think that
> > getting rid of Ron would be addition by
> subtraction?  Are you THAT sure
> > you want to move Pierce to the 2?  Are you going
> to give Minor more
> > minutes?  If you're not willing to pay Battie,
> where will you get
> > another 6'11" leaper?  Or do you think that
> somehow McCarty can fill
> > that role for his $8M over 3 years?  I already
> know Ray wants to go out
> > and get (at least) half the Clippers' roster, but
> I'd be curious to
> > hear how the folks who aren't sold on Mercer and
> Battie would upgrade
> > the team.
> 
> If I were to trade Mercer, I would consider Anthony
> Mason as a 
> possibility (assuming that he recovers completely
> from his injury). 
> He rebounds, defends, draws double teams, goes to
> the foul line a 
> ton. He has experience, toughness, and he worked
> himself into the 
> NBA from meager beginnings. He doesn't care if he
> doesn't take the
> most shots. 
> 
> Negatives: he's 32, coming off an injury, has had
> problems with 
> his coach, and off-court problems to boot. His
> contract also 
> expires in 2000. If the deal doesn't seem balanced,
> perhaps Charlotte 
> throws in their lottery pick. 
> 
> Why Charlotte does it: Because they've committed a
> bunch of money
> to Campbell and Coleman, and none of these guys work
> at small forward.
> 
> Something like Mercer to Denver for Fortson and Keon
> Clark is a
> possibility also. Denver will have 3 big men with
> Fortson, LaFrentz,
> and McDyess and may not want to pay Fortson big
> bucks to sit on 
> the bench. Someone said that Fortson was a tweener
> because of his
> height, but I'm not ready to declare a double figure
> rebounder as
> too short for the power forward position (Barkley).
> His April stats 
> are 15.2 ppg, 13.5 rpg on 54% shooting. Admittedly,
> these are for a 
> terrible Denver team. And we know that Pitino
> coveted Keon Clark
> during the draft last year. Denver would be able to
> satisfy Mercer's
> contract demands because of their new billionaire
> owner.
> 
> Alex  
> 
> 

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