the fortson trade

[Mark Estepp <EsteppJM@appstate.edu>]

Peter May wrote in TSN:
They've used their mid-level exception on Randy Brown.
The Celtics still have the $1.2 million slot available should
they choose, but they are now spending time trying to deal
with the Danny Fortson dilemma. 

The problem: They don't want him back, but they also
don't want anything back for him. Collective bargaining
agreement rules make such a situation unnerving and hard
to deal with. 
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If May's statement is correct, and what the C's wanted in return was
essentially nothing, then I would say they got what they wanted. 

Guys and gals, I just don't see the Celtic's getting substantially better
until the head is cut off of the "poultry in motion".....

The C's really need an owner who will bleed green, philosophically and
monetarily, and who is willing to make changes quickly when others
don't.

With that said, I think the C's will make the playoff's this year,
because the NBA product stinks.

J. Mark Estepp

Chair, Department of Technology

Appalachian State University

esteppjm@appstate.edu

http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/tech/