Re: I Like BSG's Chicago Trade The Best

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

Certainly would be amongst the weakest rebounding teams in history IMHO.
Arnold Auerbach says that you can't win unless you can rebound the
basketball.  Fortson has shown he can rebound but has not proven that he can
stay on the court without quickly getting in trouble.  Mercer will score but
cancels his points by playing shabby D.  All draft choices are crapshoots.
Croshere played pretty well but so did Bananaboy the year before we got him.

Gimme the role players.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
To: Celtics <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: I Like BSG's Chicago Trade The Best


> In response to your biased/slanted comments, my own biases exude with
> the
> following facts:
>
> - All draftees are unproven, so you have to project what you think
> the player will be like in the pros. This Crawford guy seems to
> be in the Jalen Rose, a little bit of everything at several
> different positions mode. Should he accede to that level, his value
> alone
> is equal to or greater than Walker's.
>
> - Mecrer may be 1 d, but he gives you 17 - 19 points a game. Nothing
> wrong with
> that.
>
> - Croshere is sort of the flavor of the month, but in a nice coconut
> cream
> kind of flavor.
>
> - Fortson came on at the end of last season -- when finally given
> minutes -- in both rebounding and scoring, prompting even an unbiased
> cur like Jackie O'MacMullan
> to say they have to keep him.
>
> And in a note to Joe Hironaka: I think a post-Walker Celtics team,
> wouldn't be as pathetic as you think, if they made the Chicago deal.
> The Detroit trade for a draft choice and J. Williams, you probably be
> right.
> But the Bulls deal, and say they added Crawford, Croshere and Mercer to
> go with
> Pierce and Anderson. There would be some offense. Likely a lottery team,
> but you can say the same thing about the present Walker edition of the
> club.
> Ray
>
> PS: And maybe Moesha will actually turn out to be non-Battie.
>
> --- damekmo@teleport.com wrote:
>
> > Subject: Re: I Like BSG's Chicago Trade The
> > Best
> >
> > >Imagine the Rose-like Crawford, the feisty
> > Croshere and
> > >Ron Mercer or re-signing Fortson. How can you
> > be upset
> > >with a move like that....
> >
> > Way...what were the feisty Croshere's numbers
> > like in the playoffs before
> > the LA series?
> >
> > How can I be upset with a move like that?
> > Fortson is a one dimensional foul
> > machine, Crawford hasn't played a single second
> > of NBA ball but he's the
> > saviour, Mercer is a selfish overrated gunner
> > and Croshere is the flavor of
> > the month...or half-month.
> >
> > You're right. How could anybody be upset with a
> > move like that.
> >
> >
> > Paul M.
> >
> >
>