RE: Top Ten Reasons Why The Potapenko Trade Stunk

[danextbestthing2000@earthlink.net]

He is a great player but I always said he is better as a back up, but with
the salary cap the C's have thats the best we will get as a center.
www.bostics.cjb.net

> [Original Message]
> From: <Thndrblt31@aol.com>
> To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> Date: 8/6/00 5:59:42 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
> 



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