Re:

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

It could be that Anderson feels that he has an opportunity to win a World
Title this year with the Spurs, which would in turn put him in position to
make a ton of money next year with another club (C's?).

Either way, he made the right choice.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
To: <CeltsSteve@aol.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 5:04 AM
Subject: Re:


> I agree it's good news to see Derek Anderson apparently cares this much
about
> winning, and bad news for rivals. A playoff clash between Shaq and
> Duncan/Robinson this Spring would be great to see.
>
> I'm sure Anderson could have doubled his salary (at least) if that were
his main
> career objective. Sensing this, I wonder why Pitino didn't make a sales
pitch
> about the great winning seasons they shared together at UK and how the
Celts
> were just around the corner from the playoffs etc.
>
> One thing that can be said about coaches making the transistion from
college to
> pro, I think owners need to completely factor out how much recruiting
skills
> contributed to a winning college program (say Bob Huggins or certainly
even
> Pitino) as opposed to game preparation and coaching talent. The power of
> persuasion hasn't helped Pitino in Boston what with the cap and various
other
> obstacles.  In fairness, it really seems a lot tougher now than a decade
ago to
> build a competitve team. I wish Boston had drafted McGrady in 1997, but
that's
> about the only missed opportunity I can think of at least with regard to
the
> draft (unless Courtney Alexander turns into a major star). A lot of NBA
teams
> passed on McGrady or made boneheaded picks that year.
>
> -----
>
> CeltsSteve@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 08/04/2000 4:08:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > j.hironaka@unesco.org writes:
> >
> > << Whoa, Derek Anderson signed for one year at $2.25 million? What the
heck
> >  was Rick Pitino doing, sitting on his hands?  >>
> >
> > If you were Derek Anderson and had your choice between $2.25 million for
one
> > year with the C's or $2.25 million for one year starting in the
backcourt
> > with Tim Duncan and David Robinson as 2/3 of your front court, which
would
> > you select?
>