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-TomM

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> From: Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr. <jaims@philonline.com>
> To: Thomas Murphy <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net>; Celtic list
<celtics@igtc.com>
> Subject: Re: Bird's flight path might end at Boston 
> Date: Monday, February 14, 2000 9:55 AM
> 
> Wow, this seems possible huh? Really interesting!   I really hope it
happens
> because of the hopelessness in the team now that everybody sees that
Pitino
> is NOT CAPABLE  of running and improving the Celtics team.
> 
> This is what I must say... according to Bird in his book(Bird Watching),
he
> would ONLY return to Boston to either coach or be VP if and only if the
> owner is not Gaston and Pitino is out of the state.
> 
> 
> > Bird's flight path might end at Boston
> >
> > Will Larry Bird be the next coach and general manager
> > of the Boston Celtics? The pieces are starting to fall
> > into place for Bird's eventual return to Boston.
> >
> > Bird said last week he wasn't going to join the Indiana
> > Pacers' front office after this season, his final one as
> > coach.
> >
> > ``It will be the same after I'm out two or three years,''
> > Bird said. ``But after a while you have to grow up and
> > let it go. I've always been interested in jobs in the
> > NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be
> > time to do something else.''
> >
> > Bird said he'll return to his Florida home to enroll his
> > kids in school and continue his considerable corporate
> > endorsement work.
> >
> > But friends says Bird would love to return to Boston,
> > the scene of his great playing days, in an executive
> > capacity. However, they say, he dislikes coach Rick
> > Pitino, who helped run him out when he took over, and
> > ownership.
> >
> > ``There's a lot of things I don't like,'' Bird said when
> > asked about the team on a recent trip to Boston. ``But
> > I'm not going to get into them.''
> >
> > Though things could change dramatically in the next
> > year.
> >
> > Pitino still is owed almost $30 million on his contract.
> >
> > But the team shows little chance of making a
> > turnaround and Pitino's deals keep backfiring, the
> > latest being the trade of Danny Fortson, whom the
> > Celtics acquired for Ron Mercer, to the Toronto
> > Raptors for lightly regarded Alvin Williams.
> >
> > Boston sent Williams back, saying he failed his
> > physical after a barrage of local criticism about the
> > deal.
> >
> > It was the latest in a series of trades and signings that
> > have crippled the Celtics under the salary-cap
> > regulations.
> >
> > The thinking in Boston is Pitino will work out a buyout
> > by the end of next season rather than stay in a hopeless
> > losing situation and a sale of the team is possible.
> >
> > Already NBA insiders said there have been rumors of
> > exploratory talks though no deal is imminent or likely
> > anytime soon.
> >
> > But if the team is sold, the buyer could come in with
> > the hugely popular Bird as general manager or coach.
> >
> > Hopeless causes: The unofficial second half of the
> > season really provides little hope for any of the teams
> > not in the top eight in the East making the playoffs.
> >
> > Orlando, amazingly, is ninth. And how would you like
> > to be Boston, New Jersey, Atlanta, Cleveland and
> > Washington, all trailing a Magic team that was broken
> > up to start rebuilding?
> >
>