Penny and the trade

[Gregory Hurst <gh18@juno.com>]

As I mentioned before this trade will set us back two years or more,
because Penny has stated he does not want to play point guard.  Antoine
does not want to play the power forward position.  The only way this deal
can work,  Penny plays the point and we can sign  a power forward/center.
 I must admit that this team could be awesome with Penny at the point ,
Pierce at the 2, Antoine at the 3,  Vitaly at the 4, and Lorenzen Wright
at the 5 spot.


Greg
gh18@juno.com




Greg
gh18@juno.com
      Might the Celtics land Penny Hardaway in a trade with Orlando for
Ron 
      Mercer and Kenny Anderson?
      NBC studio analyst Peter Vecsey raised the issue during last
night's 
      Knicks-Pacers Eastern Conference final opener, indicating the C's
may be 
      ready to deal two stars for Hardaway.
      Vecsey said he talked with Magic GM John Gabriel, who indicated
he'll have 
      a ``brutally frank'' conversation with Hardaway soon about his
future.
      Hardaway has an escape clause and four years left on his $40
million 
      contract, Vecsey said.
      ``They might just say to each other, `Hey, it's time to go.' But,
of 
      course, the Magic would love to get compensation and sources tell
me the 
      Celtics are thinking very seriously of offering Mercer and Anderson
for 
      Penny,'' Vecsey said.
      Studio host Hannah Storm pointed out the Celtics would still need a
point 
      guard because Hardaway had made it ``immensely clear'' that he's
going to 
      play off-guard.
      Vecsey responded: ``They (the Celtics) have $2 million to go out
and get a 
      substitute point guard (for Anderson). It would have to be a
starting 
      point guard and it's going to be very difficult to find that guy.''



     

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