Re: Fortson to Flakers???

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

The Lakers could use Fortson's bulk but they don't have anything to offer
us. Unless a 3 way happens.  Horry ?  Fox ? Knight anyone ?


----- Original Message -----
From: kevin lok <kevin.lok@lycosmail.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 8:52 PM
Subject: Fortson to Flakers???


> What could we get from the Flakers? hmmmm.....
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> http://www.bskball.com/Rumors.htm
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> 01/28- LAKERS AND FORTSON?- There have been some vague reports of
> interest from the Lakers in Danny Fortson, who yesterday was rumored to
> be on the trading block. A number of e-mails asked me why Boston would
> trade Danny after giving up Ron Mercer to land him. Well, heres what I
> think- Danny has not fit into to the Pitino system, he has never been a
> solid offensive presence, but is a solid rebounder and a somewhat decent
> defender. The Pitino system is a tough system to learn, because it
> requires players to be in fixed places in different sets, and Pitino
> continually yells changes to those sets on the fly, which makes it hard
> to defend, when executed properly. It also makes it hard to focus on the
> game and get into your own rhythm. Hence the problem, Danny always seems
> to be in the wrong play, and he is not scoring well as a Celtic. On the
> reverse of that -Tony Battie is emerging as a quality big man, and so is
> Walter McCarty and both can score more efficiently than Fortson, now add
> that to the fact that Fortson is not going to stay in Boston for the
> money he's making now (he wants a big raise). Pitino is shopping him to
> avoid losing him, because he clearly is not going to pay him.... Now
> enter LA - the only way LA could hope to land a player like Danny
> Fortson is to trade for him now, while he's relatively cheap, and then
> use his Bird Rights to pay him. Does LA really want him, according to
> sources near the Lakers, they say they are going to talk to anyone
> shopping a big man, especially a young rebounding big man that doesn't
> need the ball on offense. They would not confirm any interest in Fortson
> other than to say, they we're talking to alot of teams, but they don't
> feel they have to make a move...... More as I get
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