RE: C's Did Kinda Get The Short End Of The Slop Bucket as Regards the 4-Team Deal

["Michael Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>]

I'm still amazed of the assessment of Donyell Marshall being this wonderful
double double guy.  Golden State had/has NObody else to play and so Marshall
finally put up some adequate averages although his shooting % is pitiful.
He has a huge contract to boot.  I think Utah got screwed.  Eisley was the
best guy in the trade so Dallas made out but it cost them.  I would not have
wanted anyone in this deal except expiring contracts and first round picks.
I sound like a broken record but I can't believe people think the others
team(s) got over on the Celtics.

Next year when Golden State is in the lottery despite Fortson's 12rb/game
and Marshall ends up being a single-single, Eisley turns out to be a
middle-of-the-pack point guard, we'll be happy that we got the expiring
contracts and a #1 pick that was forwarded onto Portland as a package for
O'Neal and/or Wells, both of which singularly have more upside than the
combined upside of the nine players comprising this trade.

Grace&Peace
Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> Way Of The Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 4:20 PM
> To: Celtics; Alessandro Celtics-Fan
> Subject: C's Did Kinda Get The Short End Of The Slop Bucket as Regards
> the 4-Team Deal
>
>
> No doubt about it. Celtics were placed in a bad situation with
> Fortson, being a player who wanted to be elsewhere
> and wanting a large salary to boot. Still, there's this
> nagging feeling, that if the Jazz, who were in a
> similar situation with Howard Eisley, could come out of
> this deal nicely enhanced, why couldn't the Celtics?
>
> I mean really, we're talking about a broken down point
> guard whose court paucity makes Pervis seem like the second
> coming of A.C. Green. Then, there's the soon to be retired or on the
> inured list all year fossilized center. And of course, the draft pick,
> which one person has already mentioned -- and I hope he's wrong --
> as being the lesser of the Cavaliers' or Suns' first round choice
>
> So, oh goody, the twenty-fifth pick in the draft. If you're picking 25,
> I'm wondering, if you're not better off with two second round selections
>
> instead?
>
> In the meantime, all the other participants in the deal have nicely
> filled their needs. Golden State got the starting power forward/
> rebounder they needed. Utah got a somewhat promising 7-3 center
> and a double-double guy to bring off the bench, and the Mavs
> a starting point guard.  The C's: the 25th pick in the draft,
> and now they need to find a rebounder somewhere.
>
> They also better think about acquiring a young point guard in the
> near future as Kenny is Kenny, Brown has two rebuilt knees,
> and Pack should be renamed: Ice Pack for all the games he
> missed....
> Ray
>