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[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

> Yeah, but what the hell did Philly do with that pick? They traded Keith Van
> Horn to Jersey for Tim Thomas, who they traded for Tyrone Hill; and Jim
> Jackson, who they thought so highly of that they traded to Golden State for
> Joe Smith, who left as a FA. What I'm saying is, Philly basically got nothing
> out of that lofty draft pick (no disrespect to Tyrone Hill) and still are in
> the 2nd round of the playoffs.

No, they traded him for Tim Thomas, and a lot of CAP SPACE. They dumped 
a huge number of bad salaries on the Nets and used the cap space to sign 
Matt Geiger. So they got Tyrone Hill (who was an All-Star once and still 
a solid contributer, not "basically nothing" as you imply; he's certainly 
someone who could help the Celtics) and Matt Geiger, who despite all the 
bashing on the list is a legit center. The 76ers' front line is a big reason 
why they are in the second round of the playoffs. 

Alex


> 
> 
> Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:32:53 EDT
> From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: Now the pressure's really on Rick. 
> 
> > Did you hear Brown
> > last Sunday say that of all the job offers he got two years ago, the Sixers
> > were in the worst position to succeed. Whether that's true or not is
> > debateable, but if you hired Pitino, that comment hurt. 
> 
> I would agree with that but change the assessment when Philadelphia lucked
> into the 2nd pick of the draft in 1997.