RE: Trades

[damekmo@teleport.com]

>But you can probably imagine a package that would be pretty tempting.
>Mark Berry has mentioned Olowokandi. How about Olowokandi and Derek
>Anderson for Pierce and Eric Williams, say? Not good enough? What if
>they throw in a future first round pick? Tempting. What about the
>2000 pick? That would be very hard to refuse although I doubt they
>offer it.

What if you rephrase the question like this:

What about Olowakandi, Anderson and the 2000 pick for Williams and one of
the best young shooting guards in the league who seemingly can't stay
healthy? Injury-prone? Jamal Mashburn? It's a little early for that,
but.......

Paul M.





>
>The Clippers get a sure star to play alongside Odom - their own
>version of Pippen and Jordan, locked down to rookie contracts, which
>or the Clippers is always a primary factor. They get value for Derek
>Anderson who they probably don't have any hope of keeping anyway.
>We get a center who is a project and a gamble but possibly a 15 pt,
>10+ reb, 2.5 block inside presence down the road and a talented
>combination guard who is a perfect fit for the Pitino system.
>Of course, the Clippers are one of the few teams that Antoine could
>be traded to, so that would be an alternative. But my main point is,
>if you really want a good big man, you have to at least consider
>Pierce a possibility to be traded.
>
>OK, there are very few centers in the league that are worth trading
>Pierce for though. I can't dream up of another plausible scenario
>right now, except for trading Pierce during the draft for one of the
>top college centers. I don't follow college ball much so someone else
>could comment on that. So let's exclude Pierce and Walker for the
>rest of the discussion. Some combination of Fortson, Battie, Vitaly,
>even Anderson, and first round draft picks might be sufficient to
>snag a center of the future. Supposedly everyone but Jamison (and
>now Hughes) is tradable on Golden State so maybe Dampier could be
>had at the right price (is he BYC though?). Or what about Foyle?
>
>How about Jermaine O'Neal from Portland? Can any Portland list members
>comment on his ability to play center (although he's also a base-year
>player I believe)? Cato is rumored to be available but that seems
>somewhat doubtful to me.
>
>Alex