Dreaming of Don Nelson's hair.

[damekmo@teleport.com]

Just hanging around, thinking of trades; thinking of Don Nelson; thinking
of someplace to send Battie or Mercer and Anderson...or...this from
Sunday's Dallas Morning News:


>MICHAEL FINLEY
>
>GRADE = B
>
>Over the final 14 games, Finley was even better than last season's Michael
>>Finley, averaging 25.1 points on 51.6-percent shooting. Question is, why
>didn't >Finley play that well when the Mavericks were still in the playoff
>hunt? >Finley, to his credit, took the blame for his step back, telling
>Nelson it's >his responsibility - and only his - to play like an All-Star.
>Finley's game >still has a few flaws. His ballhandling is substandard. He
>always goes left. >And he's still indecisive about going to the basket. He
>has to address all >three areas in the off-season and come back with
>newfound consistency and >aggressiveness for the Mavericks to overcome
>their lack of an established >All-Star.

Just thinking. We've all seen Pierce and Finley play. Pierce develops into
a "better" player than Finley?

Paul M.