Re: oh no

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

That would suck for the Lakers to get Anderson. Taylor doesn't giver them
the physical player, but the Dele deal makes sense.

This would mean the Clippers would lose all thee at year end. I think Rice
only signed a one year deal.

Can we move someone for Battie and Barros for Skinner & Anderson ?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Wang" <awang@mit.edu>
To: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: oh no


> Mark,
>
> Is this from local sources in LA (that it is close to happening)?
> It seems like a weird deal but it could make sense if both teams
> re-traded some of the players. Mo Taylor could head to Detroit
> (with more cap filler) for the rights to Bison Dele. I don't see
> exactly how Mo fits in with the Lakers. I could see them moving
> Kobe back to the 3 and playing him alongside Derek Anderson, or
> trading him for Kukoc as you say.
>
> What do the Clippers do with Rice? They're probably not interested
> in giving him a huge contract at the end of the year. I would assume
> they would want to ship him for multiple players, preferably locked
> own to longer term contracts. For Geiger and Hughes from Philly?
> Hughes is under the new rookie contract which makes him more attractive
> to the Clipper. The Clippers can absorb the cap hit from Geiger's trade
> triggered salary increase.
>
> Alex
>
> > Sounding like the Lakers-Clips deal is close to happening. Let's see,
that
> > lineup looks something like this: Harper, D. Anderson, Kobe, Mo Taylor
and
> > Shaq.
> >
> >
> > My one hope: The Lakers feel DA and Kobe play the same position (they
do),
> > so they deal DA to the Celts for Fortson (although with Mo Taylor, the
> > likelihood of that happening probably drops). More likely: They deal DA
to
> > Chicago for Kukoc.
> >
> > I can't stand it. Good bye, cruel world.
> >
> > Mark
>
>