Grant ?

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

With Grant rejecting the deal with Cleveland, anyone think Boston would
interest him , and could we get him in a package for Fortson without Walker
or Pierce ?

Grant for Potapenko, & Fortson ?

This would leave us light at the 5 spot with only Blount & Battie.  Has
anyone signed Rony Seikaly ? I could live with him for a year.

If RP is so hot on O'neal why wouldn't  he offer VP ? You would think his
youth and size would be of interest as a replacement for Sabonis.







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----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Farber" <nbaj2k@home.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 5:57 AM
Subject: Celts pull back on Fort deal, Fort may take exception


> This is not good.  Fortson said he's looking at all the options.  It
sounds
> like we may lose him for nothing.  The writer of this article must not be
> aware that the Celts just signed Randy Brown, according to the last
> paragraph.
> Josh
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> KNICKS BEGIN FORTSON ROMANCE
> By MARC BERMAN
> Danny Fortson missed his morning flight from Fort Lauderdale to La Guardia
> last night. Hence, he won't meet with the Knicks' coaching staff and brass
> until today at Purchase College.
> And today the real recruiting begins. The Knicks have one day to convince
> the 24-year-old rebounding specialist it is worth signing for the $2.25
> million exception to play in New York rather than the woebegone Warriors,
> who will not appear on national TV this season.
>
> "Anything's possible at this point, I'm looking at all options, all
angles,"
> Fortson told The Post last night. "I don't rule out anything."
>
> It is believed all the Knicks have to do is tell him they view him as
their
> starting power forward and Fortson will strongly consider signing for a
> one-year discount. (Next season the exception balloons to $4 million).
>
> Asked if he believes he can start for the Knicks, Fortson said,
"Understand
> one thing about me, I'm very confident in my own abilities. I believe I'm
a
> good-enough player to start almost anywhere. But I'm not the coach.
Anywhere
> I go I plan on trying to contribute big-time. I'm not intimidated by New
> York at all."
>
> Fortson rejected the Knicks' offer for the $2.25 million exception Monday
> after trade talks between GM Scott Layden and the Celtics broke down. All
> month, Raymond Brothers, Fortson's agent, insisted his client will not
sign
> for the exception, that somehow Fortson will be involved in a
sign-and-trade
> that will allow him to be paid bigger bucks - at least $4 million per.
>
> Brothers had claimed in a worst-case scenario, Fortson would return to
> Boston, which offered him a multi-year deal worth more than $4 million per
> on July 1. However, the Celtics, amid budget constraints, have now removed
> that offer from the table, leaving Fortson with no fallback.
>
> Fortson visited Oakland two weeks ago, but playing for a championship
> contender is important to him.
>
> "It definitely has a lot to do with it, I love to win," Fortson said. "But
> it doesn't mean I can't go to Golden State and be a great player either."
>
> Last season was disappointing for Fortson, who missed the first two months
> with a stress fracture and couldn't crack the starting lineup, playing
> behind Antoine Walker, whom Rick Pitino molded in Kentucky and still
> believes can become an NBA superstar.
>
> "For a young guy like me, I need exposure, I need to play," said Fortson,
> who still scored 7.6 points and hauled in 6.7 rebounds in just 15 minutes
> per game. "Say what you want about my stock going down, but everybody
knows
> if I had a full season what the results would've been."
>
> Fortson is a natural fit for a Knick team craving offensive boards. The
6-7,
> 260-pound bull led the league in offensive rebounds in 1999 with Denver.
>
> "He's unique in that he loves to rebound," Layden said yesterday.
According
> to sources, this meeting with the Knicks could well be a strategic
> negotiating move designed to bring the Celtics back to the bargaining
table
> for a sign-and-trade.
>
> By allowing speculation to leak that Fortson may consider signing for the
> $2.25 million exception, the Celtics could become worried they'll lose him
> for nothing. The budget-strapped Celtics are asking for $3 million - the
> maximum allowable in a trade - in a Fortson deal with the Knicks.
>
> Celtic coach Rick Pitino is also on record as saying the Celtics are now
> focused on obtaining a backup point guard for Kenny Anderson after
striking
> out on acquiring shooting guards Tariq-Abdul Wahad and Ron Mercer. Chris
> Childs happens to be one of the better backup point guards in the league.
So
> a deal could still happen.
>
>
>
>
>