Re: Holley on who may be going. . .

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I agree, keep the team intact.  Start Tony Battie and
move Mercer to the 2nd unit, or at least try such a
plan out.  

Of course, you can't go by me.  I would ban children
and music from the Fleet Center.  I guarantee you
these little rats boo when they're not dancing for the
TV camera, Jonbenet-style.  Feh!


--- Jim Meninno  wrote:
> >From: "Thomas Murphy" <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net>
> 
> >In sum: they gain a starting PG who can relieve
> Grant Hill of a good deal 
> >of his ball handling responsibilities, thereby
> benefiting both Hill's game 
> >and the team as a whole, and add a shot-blocking
> four in exchange for an 
> >underachieving center with a hard-to-move contract
> and the sacrifice of a 
> >valuable but not core member of the team.
> 
> Welcome back, Thomas.  I just wanted to add my
> thoughts to the discussion 
> you started.  First, a couple of points I have to
> disagree with.  One, I 
> don't think many people consider Dana Barros a
> starting point guard.  Sure, 
> we all thought he played his little heart out at the
> end of the year, but 
> Gentry saying he thinks he's "underrated" doesn't
> equal him wanting Dana to 
> start for them.  The other is that I doubt Buffalo
> Brian would be that hard 
> to move for them.  I don't know what his contract
> is, but unless it's really 
> astronomical, his size would make a number of teams
> take a look.  
> Particularly, as you say, those with a physical
> presense at power forward.  
> Also, I think he and Vitaly would be a pretty slow
> 4/5 combination to try to 
> play an uptempo system.
> 
> Now, I'm always asking this question, so forgive me
> if I'm redundant.  Do 
> you think the Celtics need to make a trade like
> this, from a basketball 
> standpoint, in order to make the playoffs next year?
>  Personally, I think 
> they will be fine with the people they have, given
> an intense conditioning 
> and practice schedule.  I'm of the opinion that
> every major trade they make 
> sets them back a number of months.  A second round
> guard here, a free agent 
> exception there would be fine, but the only way I'd
> trade any of the key 
> players (Kenny, Ron, Paul, Antoine, Vitaly and now
> Battie) is if the 
> contract situation forced it.  Otherwise, the thing
> this team needs most is 
> continuity.  I even think I'd prefer to keep Barros
> and Minor, at this 
> point, unless there was genuine talent on offer for
> them.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>
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