RE: Help me!

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

Jaime,

You're right of course. I should have said "his final season" at Michigan.
He did leave as a junior. By the way, I remember Wallace being very high on
Tractor in that draft. Said there were 8 great players: Olowokandi, Bibby,
Carter, Jamison, LaFrentz, Pierce, Hughes and Tractor. He was right on the
rest.

Mark 

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr. [SMTP:jaims@philonline.com]
	Sent:	Tuesday, February 22, 2000 1:03 PM
	To:	Berry, Mark  S; celtics@igtc.com
	Subject:	Re: Help me!

	Didn't Tractor enter the NBA as a junior???
	----- Original Message -----
	From: Berry, Mark S <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
	To: <celtics@igtc.com>
	Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 1:18 AM
	Subject: Help me!


	> I'm sick. This trade deadline has me obsessed. I latch onto each
rumor and
	> pore through stats to see if there's anything about (The Next
Stiff Who
	Soon
	> Will Occupy Time On Our Bench With The Other Stiffs) that should
excite
	me.
	> Tractor Traylor? Like it. Robert Horry? No! Danny Manning? Not
without a
	> pick. Kurt Thomas, Chris Childs and all the other Knicks garbage?
Nooooo!
	>
	> It's exhausting. Is there a rehab center for this?
	>
	> Mark
	>
	> P.S. I do like the Tractor Traylor suggestion. Living in Ohio and
a big
	OSU
	> fan, I saw Traylor play a lot at Michigan. His senior season he
was a real
	> terror. If it happens, you'll hear the "we traded one big, short
PF for
	> another big, short PF" but Traylor is no Danny Fortson. The guy I
remember
	> had really nimble, quick feet and great hands. He's also a legit
6-9, not
	> 6-6 like Fortson. He was in the Pierce draft and I remember really
hoping
	he
	> would fall into the Celtics' laps. Anyway, he fell into George
Karl's
	> doghouse and hasn't been able to get out (something Karl is
notorious for
	> with big guys). The only big man Karl ever appreciated was Shawn
Kemp,
	which
	> is one reason his teams always flame out in the playoffs. That run
and gun
	> stuff plays OK in the regular season, but you better be able to
bang when
	> the playoffs start. My point is, I think Traylor is better than
he's shown
	> (or has been given the chance to show) and an upgrade over Fortson
(Sean
	> Marks may have been an upgrade over Fortson). This one gets my
stamp of
	> approval.
	>
	>