Re: Rumors Rumors Rumors

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

See my other message regarding this. All I'll say, is it's
always wise to check the cap figures before hand.
Ray

John Lyell wrote:

> I saw this a couple of places this week and we would be fools to make this
> deal for two players that haven't really proven anything. Yeah they have
> potential, but I don't see O'Neal ever becoming a center in the NBA any more
> than Camby can, unless he gains about 40 pounds of muscle, not like Kemp,
> Baker or Oliver Miller.
>
> I like Wells,  but I would take Pierce over him any day, and as someone else
> said,  to go up against Shaq you need a big body like VP.
>
> Portland, I am sure, would love this deal, but Damon Stoudamire has already
> made comment regarding only one ball and too many people wanting it.
>
> If Portland wants a big center, which they need, and Pitino has the faith in
> O'neal (scary),  make them give us O'neal & Wells for VP and Mccarty or
> Barros, but definitely not Pierce. But you had better hope the athleticism &
> scoring at the other positions offsets the lack of inside presence which
> would be worse then it is now. Everyone saw how Shaq dominated Portland &
> Indiana.
> Would two lanky shot blockers like O'neal & Moiso help ? Until the refs
> begin calling fouls, Shaq will continue to charge like a bull in the low
> post.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
> To: "Alessandro Celtics-Fan" <alessan420@hotmail.com>; "Celtics"
> <Celtics@igtc.com>; <sptguy33@aol.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 6:22 PM
> Subject: Rumors Rumors Rumors
>
> > The big current Celtics trade rumor circulating around the
> > Internet is that Boston and Portland will culminate a deal
> > when Bob Whitsitt, the Portland GM, gets back from his African
> > safari, which involves the Celtics sending Paul Pierce and
> > Vitaly Potapenko to the Blazers for Jermaine O'Neal and
> > Bonzi Wells. This rumor could possess some validity, as the
> > C's according to a close Pitino source, have a two for two
> > offer on the table to Portland, involving names that will shock you.
> >
> > Pierce constantly being labeled untradeable by Pitino, would
> > elicit a great deal of shock value if he was dealt.  But, wouldn't it be
> > just
> > like Il Duce to do opposite of what he's been constantly preaching:
> > the non-moveability of Pierce?
> >
> > Let's say, that unlike 90 percent of trade rumors, this one actually
> > occurs. What would the Celtics starting lineup look like?
> >
> > Well, O'Neal would be the starting center for better or worse.
> > Walker, depending on what shape he shows up in, would either
> > be the small forward or power forward. If, he makes the fat transition
> > to the "3", then Battie and Moiso would split the time at the four,
> > unless Fortson in the unlikely event returned, in which case he
> > would be the starting power forward. Bonzi becomes the starting
> > shooting guard, and good ol' Kenny is the point guard.
> > Ray
> >
> >
> >