RE: numbers game

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I've been thinking about this too.  Assuming we carry a full fifteen man
roster
with three guys in street clothes, right now we are only looking at four
spots
opening up:  Elison, Overton, Minor, and Fortson.  Assuming we trade Fortson
for a first round pick, which is the best value in sports anyway, that
leaves us room for

Blount (Pitino:  "we're going to sign him")
Workman or Jerome Allen or David Vanterpool (Overton's spot)
Mercer or Wahad or Hubert Davis or Chris Klack or JaRon Rush (Minor's spot)
Croshere or traded player (Fortson's spot)

I would like to see us move Dana so as to get a vet like Workman or Jackson
and a young buck like Allen 
or Vanterpool; but the backup 2 is open to question.  I would like to see us
keep JaRon Rush and pick up a
 good vet like Davis or better still Ron or Wahad; but whose roster spot
will he take?  I am not even counting 
Josip Sesar....  I suppose it would help if we could cut or trade Cheaney,
but can we?  How many shooting 
guards are going to be on the roster?

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gene Kirkpatrick [SMTP:gkir@tjc.tyler.cc.tx.us]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:02 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	numbers game
> 
> I'm interested in how the Celts' brass will pull off the numbers game.
>  I would hope that Minor won't count against us, and Ellison and
> Overton will be gone.  Perhaps Fortson.  But it seems that we will
> have to package someone with Fortson to make room for the extra guys
> we want.  Such as Blount.  And if he makes the 12 man roster, doesn't
> that mean Walker will be at the three spot much of the time?
> How can we have Walker, Battie, Moiso plus Vitaly and Blount when
> Antoine will play over 35 minutes?
> 
> Oh well, I'm hoping that Mills or Vanterpool or Rush, or even Clack,
> will emerge and give us another player on the cheap.  
> Don't be too suprised if Moiso does contribute this year.  By not
> putting any pressure or expectations on him, Pitino allows him to
> emerge at his own speed.
> 
> Thanks for reports on the Shaw.  I don't get the deuce.  You know how
> Texas is so backward.   Gene