RE: Celtics Trade Rumor Du Jour: Othella Harrington

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

where did this rumor come from, anyway?  It's not
even on the ESPN boards, where every nutty thing
gets mentioned by someone.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	CeltsSteve@aol.com [SMTP:CeltsSteve@aol.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:39 AM
> To:	wayray@ix.netcom.com; alessan420@hotmail.com; Celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Celtics Trade Rumor Du Jour: Othella Harrington
> 
> In a message dated 08/23/2000 2:00:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> wayray@ix.netcom.com writes:
> 
> <<  Addendum: There is one teeny-weeny thing that could derail this  deal,
> 
> besides the fact that it's probably your typical half-baked  rumor, and 
> that's Harrington's BYC.  If Vancouver is at the cap or  over it, 
> Harrington's BYC only allows them to take back 75 percent of  his salary
> or 
> $1.725 million, which does not fall within the allowed  15 percent range
> of 
> Cheaney's $2.2 million salary. >>
> 
> 
> Harrington is no longer a BYC player. He signed his current deal while a
> free 
> agent with the Rockets in January, 1999. He was subsequently traded to 
> Vancouver in August, 1999. Once he was traded, his BYC status went away.