RE: props to Team Pitino

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

Actually, I left O'Neal out of this lineup.  Put Williams
into street clothes (which is probably likely anyway)
and slide Blount into the 3rd string center spot.  Pretty good!

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	OzerskyJA [SMTP:OzerskyJA@cmog.org]
> Sent:	Monday, August 14, 2000 4:42 PM
> To:	'Berry, Mark  S'
> Cc:	'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject:	RE: props to Team Pitino
> 
> 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