Re: [Fwd: WALKER TO CHICAGO REPORTED!]

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

"Berry, Mark S" wrote:

> OK, now this is more like it! Is this a great trade? Depends on Fizer, who
> I'm not entirely sold on. But at least we have some indication that Pitino
> is thinking big. Freeing up Toine's salary would be nice, and if Fizer pans
> out, it looks like a great move.
>
> I'll defer to Pitino and Wallace on the Fizer evaluation, but at least we're
> talking about something big. This certainly doesn't make the Celtics better
> for the coming season, but it might be an indication that they're thinking
> about the big picture-freeing up cap room, building a more flexible,
> trade-friendly roster. And Fizer could be the low-post scorer they've
> lacked.
>
> Anyway, it's interesting.
>
> Mark

I really need help on how the salary cap works. If the Celtics got free and
clear of Antoine's 11 million, then based on last season's payroll of
$46,152,875 (claims Patricia Bender's site) they would still be left over the
$34 million cap.

Next season, the cap rises to a grand total $35.5 million. But with the Randy
and Moiso signings and raises, it seems to me Boston won't offset the windfall
of losing Pervis, Overton and Fortson.

Dumping Antoine for a non-rebounding, undersized Pfizer Viagra-boy needs to be
part of a massive restructuring whereby Boston have a clear plan to dump Eric
Williams and Kenny Anderson as well. This needs to be part of a much bigger
tank-the-season lottery ping pong ball strategy, like the one that gave us a
chance at Tim Duncan.

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