PS: Will the Celtics win one game against Miami this season?
Anybody want to take bets....
> From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
> Subject: what does Grant to Heat mean to
> Celtics?> OK, I don't even want to discuss why Cleveland
> would agree to this proposed
> trade. They dump Kemp, fine. But for Gatling,
> Weatherspoon, Causwell and
> Gary Grant? I wasn't as wild about the Heat's
> trade for Eddie Jones (I think
> P.J. Brown and Jamal Mashburn are pretty good),
> but giving up their spare
> parts for Brian Grant is unbelievable.
> Mourning, Grant and Mason up front,
> Hardaway and Jones in the backcourt. Wow. And
> the Blazers add Kemp to a team
> that should have won the NBA title. The rich
> keep getting richer.
>
> Anyway, if this trade goes down-and it sounds
> like it will-it could have
> implications for the Celtics. The Knicks
> suddenly figure to become much more
> interested in Danny Fortson (although I don't
> understand their interest in
> the guy to begin with). Maybe that leads them
> to pony up a little more than
> they've been offering in a sign-and-trade.
> Would Eric Strickland get it
> done? I certainly think so. Maybe he suddenly
> becomes part of the mix.
>
> Here's a left-field suggestion: The Bulls
> probably will have to broker any
> trade between the Celts and Knicks. We know
> from past stories/discussions
> that Krause and the Bulls like Vitaly. How
> about some combination of Fortson
> to the Knicks, Vitaly to the Bulls and Camby to
> the Celts. The Bulls could
> send Ron Artest to NY (he's a NY kid), since
> the Knicks would never do
> Fort-for-Camby, straight-up. The Knicks also
> would probably have to send
> another player/contract to Chicago.
>
> The Knicks have been willing to part with Camby
> in the right package; maybe
> this is it. Marcus, despite the lingering hard
> feelings from his UMass
> departure, is a natural fit in Pitinoball. He
> would fit right into a
> frontcourt rotation with Blount, Battie, Moiso
> and Walker. The group may be
> short on bulk, but they certainly would make up
> the most mobile, versatile
> set of big men in the league.
>
> New York gets the power forward it wants-or at
> least the second choice-and
> brings Artest home. Chicago gets a center.
>
> Of course, it's all just useless speculation.
> But the Grant trade may prompt
> New York to push harder for Fortson, which is a
> good thing. We'll see.
>
> Mark