Re: Turner gone?

[Dan Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Nice addition, a 30 year old, with stats worse than a one armed man. Will someone explain this deal? Is he related to Pitino? 

At 11:04 AM 11/8/99 -0700, you wrote: 
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> Celtics sign G Doug Overton; waive G Wayne Turner 
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> BOSTON (TICKER) -- Guard <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4/427/>Doug Overton continues his tour of Atlantic Division teams, today signing with the <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/bos/>Boston Celtics. 
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> Overton, a seven-year veteran, was with the <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/phi/>Philadelphia 76ers in the preseason before being released on October 28. He played with the <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/orl/>Orlando Magic, <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/njn/>New Jersey Nets and <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/phi/>Philadelphia 76ers -- all Atlantic Division clubs -- during the 1998-99 season and averaged 3.8 points in 24 games. 
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> The Celtics waived rookie guard Wayne Turner, who played for Boston coach Rick Pitino at Kentucky, to make room for Overton on the roster. 
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> Originally drafted by the <http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/det/>Detroit Pistons in 1991, Overton saw his first action as a rookie with Washington -- an Atlantic Division team -- during the 1992-93 season. He had his best year as a member of the-then Bullets when he appeared in 82 games and averaged 7.0 points and 3.0 assists during the 1994-95 campaign. 
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> Overton, 30, has played in 351 games with five NBA teams and owns career averages of 4.9 points and 2.2 assists. 
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> Turner, 23, appeared in three games with the Celtics and averaged 1.3 points and 1.7 assists in 41 minutes. He was signed as a rookie free agent on August 3 after competing on both of the Celtics' summer league teams. 
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> As a member of the Kentucky Wildcats, Turner set an NCAA record for games played (151) and was a part of two national championship teams. 
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