Re: Celtics Trade Rumor Du Jour: Othella Harrington

["Josh Farber" <nbaj2k@home.com>]

Did you get this from the ESPN message boards?  If not, they are posting the
same deal.

Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
To: "Alessandro Celtics-Fan" <alessan420@hotmail.com>; "Celtics"
<Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 4:53 AM
Subject: Celtics Trade Rumor Du Jour: Othella Harrington


> Put your skepticals on when reading this, because you never
> know, but the latest Celtics trade rumor has them sending Calbert
> Cheaney and the recently acquired Utah pick to the Vancouver
> Grizzlies for Othella Harrington.  It's a deal that seems sensible
> for both teams, as Boston no longer needs Cheaney with the
> acquisition of Carr but does need another rebounder with the
> loss of Fortson, and Vancouver has been trying to dump
> a disgruntled Harrington all summer.  And it actually works
> salary cap wise. Cheaney by my calculations is scheduled
> to make $2.2 million during the upcoming season and
> Harrington -- signed till 2005 with a 7 year - $17 million
> contract -- is around the $2.3 million mark.  (And thanks
> to Patricia the Salary Cap Goddess for providing the
> figures.)
>
> 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.
> Ray
>