Re: Vote on Fortson

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

I apologize in advance if I am re-stating something which may have been
raised in my absence lately.  Didja miss me Dan??????

Had we kept Mercer, we would have lost him getting nothing in return.  If RP
and Wallace had gone that route, can you imagine the hatchet job May and
others would have done on them?  And justifiably so.  Also, Griffin may not
have made the team had Mercer stuck, because of the presence of Pierce.

Regarding Yogi, haven't you noticed that he has been picking splinters for
the 2nd year in a row now with the Raptors?  If he was anything near the
defensive and rebounding whiz he was purported to be, they would not have
signed the following 3 greybeards; Annie Oakley, Antoinette Davis and
Whatchusay Willis.  It is a large stretch to say what if so and so had
panned out when they are warming the bench giving absolutely no
contribution.  Battie gives us far more than Stewart gives the Raps, and, of
course, he takes heat for his inconsistency.  Imagine what the list would
say about a player who never sees the court? (Perv Jr.)

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Enrile <renrile@qualcomm.com>
To: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
Cc: Roy Enrile <renrile@qualcomm.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Vote on Fortson


> Decent points there.  But if the C's will be over the cap anyway,
> my personal prefs would be to have an expensive Mercer,
> instead of Danny, EW and Denver's pick next year.  And to have Adrian
> be on the team either way.  Let some chemistry grow after you lock up your
> talent.
>
> Did not like the trade when it happened.  Here's some wishful thinking,
> If Michael Stewart signed with the C's instead of the Popeye Jones
> resigning, and if he got minutes and panned out, we would have had
> a center that actually complements Antoine (PF).  They may not have traded
> for another big man, and I think the C's would be a consistently scary
> team(that's been together for a while) at this point, playing a more
> typical Pitino style game.
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Alex Wang wrote:
>
> >
> > Some pretty unfair comparisons here. Is Mercer willing to sign with
> > the Celtics for the $2M exception (Cheaney) or the minimum (Griffin)?
> > And I think both Denver and Boston acknowledged that Mercer is more
> > valuable than Fortson - that is why a Denver first round pick was
> > included. And as a complementary player to Walker and Pierce, I'd
> > rather have Griffin than Mercer, despite his talent. The chemistry
> > just wasn't there.
> >
> >
> > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr. wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1 - maybe to the Denver Nuggets for a guy named Mercer...hehehehe
> > >
> >
>