RE: props to Team Pitino

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I have a feeling about it too, but I suspect that it hinges on what
Chicago does.  And maybe it is wishful thinking, but I don't think
Pierce is the guy; I think this is our chance to move Antoine.  Imagine
having Wells at 2 and Pierce at 3, and Moiso and Battie platooning at
4, and Vitaly/Blount/Williams manning the five spot with 18 fouls. Then 
we get a good big point in next year's draft. And that's the plan!

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent:	Monday, August 14, 2000 4:36 PM
> To:	'ozerskyja@cmog.org'
> Subject:	RE: props to Team Pitino
> 
> I'm with you, Josh. This is as good as anyone could have expected for
> Fortson, who I really believed would walk for nothing. Pack can
> contribute,
> and with he and Randy Brown, we have some alternatives to Kenny (oh, how I
> wish he would be traded). They come off the cap next year, and the Celts
> still get a first-rounder. It all sounds pretty good to me.
> 
> Do you expect anything to come from this talk about a Portland trade?
> Personally, I think there's something there. The moves so far this summer
> have been nice, but nothing that is going to radically change this team's
> fortunes. This Pierce/Vitaly for O'Neal/Wells deal has a chance, although
> other players would have to be included. I know most would hate to see
> Pierce go, and see it as overpaying for "a couple of benchwarmers," but if
> you reverse Pierce and Wells' roles and minutes, I think their numbers
> would
> be pretty comparable. And O'Neal would be a vast improvement over Vitaly.
> I
> don't know, but I have a feeling about this one.
> 
> Mark