Re: Are you nuts?

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

This will not be the end of trades. We're looking at the future cap and a
draft this summer. Fortson wanted star dough and treatment. He clearly
isn't worth it. When the WWF was active in the NBA he was fine. 

At 12:33 AM 2/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Daniel, I cannot imagine how even you can say this. Fortson averaged 5.6
points
>and, much more importantly, 5 rebounds in 12 minutes a game. Yes, he was
>foul-prone, at 3.3 a game ... but going on numbers alone, Fortson could have
>played 20+ mpg before fouling out and in those minutes would have averaged 10
>points and 9 boards. (Back me up on this, Alex Wang.) That would easily
have made
>him our leading rebounder. Hell, even at just 12 minutes he was EASILY our
>leading per-minute rebounder. The problem wasn't Fortson, it was Pitino's
>unwillingness to play Walker fewer minutes at the 4 ... which kind of begs
the
>question as to why the trade was made in the first place. Hindsight is
20/20 ...
>but if you want to see "useless," my friend, wait till Alvin and Sean
Marks lace
>'em up.
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>Maybe the very worst thing about this trade is, it does nothing to address
the
>team's greatest weakness: lack of experience. Two more young kids, just
what we
>need. This could shape up to be the very worst trade of Pitino's illustrious
>career. Letting Fortson walk was better than this. Much.
>
>One final note: notice that the Toronto GM said Fortson gives them
"another tough
>body up front that's crucial to any team's success in the Eastern
Conference?" We
>were lacking in that department BEFORE we traded Fortson. Give the playoffs a
>deep, wet goodbye kiss, friends.
>
>Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
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>>Fact is Fortson was useless, in constant foul trouble and wanted to be
>>overpaid..........for what? Can't remember a dumber ball player than him.
>>Good riddance.
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