Re: Trade talk

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

"I watched a snail crawl along the edge of my chocolate eclair. That's
my dream; that's my nightmare."   Marlon Brando

Right, no forced trade out of desperation, but rather some cap
trimming and some sort of package deal for a quality to impact player
around the time of the trading deadline. Akin to what New Jersey did
last season with Marbury. It will have to be around the time of the 
trading deadline, since the six-month rule, I believe, is in effect for
players packaged together in a trade.
Ray   


  


> Subject: Trade talk
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:48:40 EDT
> From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> 
> It's early in the preseason and we are already talking about newly
> acquired players getting traded! I believe Pitino when he says that
> they're not talking about anything currently. When the trading
> deadline rolls around, there will probably be some movement,
> but it will depend on how people are playing at that time. I
> wouldn't guess as to who is most likely to go, except that Ellison
> and Washington are strong possibilities. They are in the last
> years of their contracts, and Pitino probably doesn't plan on
> bringing them back, so he'll ship them to some team on a cap
> clearing mission.
> 
> And if some appropriate All-Star player becomes disgruntled,
> I would expect Pitino to make a run at them offering anyone on
> the team except Walker and Pierce. The Celtics have been
> building a quantity of good players; at some point, they will
> cash in quantity (and draft picks) for quality, as Way has
> suggested. There have been a lot of these scenarios recently, with
> Marbury, Penny Hardaway, Pippen, and Francis all getting traded
> for lesser players and draft picks.
> 
> For the most part, I don't expect much movement this season other
> than minor trades involving unwanted players though. In my opinion,
> the roster is solid enough that Pitino won't have to make any
> trades out of desperation, which he has in the past. He's pulled
> it off pretty well because the other team has been desperate before
> too; but now, he can afford to be picky with his trades and wait
> until he has the opportunity to really rob a team in some unfortunate
> position.
> 
> Alex