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

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

Sounds like Chris Berman could have a lot of fun with Robert Pack as you
have.  Those were clever.  Maybe a trade to Milwaukee for Brandon and they
can call him Green Bay Pack (lame I know but the best I can offer in 30
seconds).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> Joe Hironaka
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:15 AM
> To: Way Of The Ray; celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: C's Did Kinda Get The Short End Of The Slop Bucket as
> Regards the 4-Team Deal
>
>
> Way Of The Ray wrote:
>
> >  Brown has two rebuilt knees,
> > and Pack should be renamed: Ice Pack for all the games he
> > missed....
>
> On the bright side, the nickname "Ice" is preferable at least to "Six",
> "Fudge", "Handi", "Tu" etc.
>
> I hope Gene is right about Robert Pack still being an exciting player when
> healthy. Dee Brown had similar scoring, defending and dunking
> ability in his
> prime, but now he's a shadow of the player he once was whether healthy or
> not.
>
> One last parting comment on Fortson. Guys, what are the odds of Danny
> hitting over 50% from the field, around 75% from the line and
> ranking among
> the top five NBA rebounders starting from next season? Zero percent? Five
> percent?
>
> Personally, I'd guess it's closer to 50-50. For one thing he did all that
> two seasons ago at the age of 22. For another, he be playing alongside two
> young shotblocking centers in Dampier and Foyle. Plus he'll have Dave
> Cowens--not Rick Poultrino (I love that one, Kestus)-- as his mentor.
>
> Joe
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