Re: Rumoured Fortson Deals From 790 AM In Providence?

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

This source is just plain dumb. Trade Walker instead of Fortson, he must be
kidding. These rumors about trades are just off the wall and merely sport.

At 07:41 PM 2/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Can't vouch for the veracity of this information - just passing
> it along...
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>> From Jay on the ESPN Celtics Message Board
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>> courtesy of 790 the score. these deals blow away
>> the raptors deal and i think r the real reasons
>> why the concern over the knee which the c's knew wasn't
>> completely healthy in the 1st place came out all of a
>> sudden. the 2 deals are as follows:utah sends jacque vaughn and either
>> adam keefe or scott padgett(he makes
>> more sense because of his kentucky
>> ties with pitino) for fort. there
>> also could be a little tweaking to
>> the deal where the jazz send both
>> keefe and padgett along with vaughn
>> if the c's give up barros along with
>> fort. scot cordischi, the radio host,
>> said that he expects the latter deal
>> since the c's would love to rid
>> themselves of barros' poor play
>> and big contract.
>> 
>> The 2nd deal is that the c's send fort and ellison(for detroit's cap
>> room to try to re-sign hill after this year) to the pistons for laettner
>> and a 2nd round choice this year. both deals sound a hell of alot better
>> than the raptors deal and while i'd rather keep fort and trade walker if
>> fort's gotta go, these deals sound better than the raptors deal and i'd
>> do them.
>> 
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