Re: Top Ten Reasons Why The Potapenko Trade Stunk

["Troy Hash" <troyhash@kih.net>]

The PotaSTENKO trade is one of the worst in Celts history.  He is no more,
nor ever will be anything but a back up center.  Does anyone remember Joe
Klein, only Klein was better.  We lost our future starting point guard AND
dished out a TON of cap space.  This is just one of many players that PitEGO
has dished out big money to and no one else in the league will touch.   Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: <Thndrblt31@aol.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 7:30 PM
Subject: Top Ten Reasons Why The Potapenko Trade Stunk


> Not my ideas or opinions, just thought this might generate some discussion
on
> the board.  Enjoy!
>
> Subject: Top Ten Reasons Why Pot Trade Stunk
> From: <A HREF="mailto:dontonton@aol.com ">dontonton@aol.com </A>
(Dontonton)
> Date: 8/6/00 1:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> Message-id: <20000806135030.10625.00001857@ng-bd1.aol.com>
>
> Hey, it's August and there's nothing much going on in the b-ball world. I
> confess to being surprised that the Pot trade has so many Celtic
supporters.
> So
> here's why I thought the deal was lousy.
>
> 1. Celts record did not improve after the trade. (In fact, Celts went on a
> mini-winning streak with DeClerq at pivot just before the trade).
>
> 2. DeClerq has statistics comparable to Pot. Sure he got pushed around,
but he
> was more active, too.
>
> 3. Pot only plays 20-24 minutes a game. If he's such an upgrade at center,
why
> doesn't Pitino play him more?
>
> 4. Andre Miller
>
> 5. Pitino said at the time that the main reason for the trade at the time
is
> that there would be no other centers available. Last summer, Kelvin Cato,
Lo
> Wright, and Olden Polynice were available. Not great, but no worse than
Pot.
>
> 6. In the last game of 1999 Brad Miller (Brad Miller???) torches Pot and
the
> Celts for 32 points. What good is strong center who keeps people out of
the
> paint if you can still jump over him or move around him?
>
> 7. On Antoine Walker's website, during the last two years, AW said before
the
> draft that the Celts should take a big man. So much for the confidence of
the
> (supposed) best player on your team.
>
> 8. No other teams seem to want Pot. Only rumor was Denver-who may have
taken
> Pot for good defensive/mediocre offensive guard Wahad-but they wanted
draft
> choices as well.. Denver may have been one of the few teams who could use
a
> tough, short, poor rebounding big man like Pot-yet they still needed draft
> choices.
>
> 9. Cap space.
>
> 10. A front line of Walker and Pot is just too short and porous. Walker at
> power forward (his only position) really needs to play with a bigger, more
> intimidating center. No wonder our interior defense is one of the worst in
the
> league.
>
> There, I've said it. And to think I accused Bob M. of complaining!
>
> -Don
>
>