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[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

The Worriers can only offer him the minimum, so they'd have to do 
the sign and trade thing too. But one thing people should remember,
Fortson after he re-signs will be in the first year of his BYC,
so the C's can only take back half his salary. That means the other club
better have a few millions clear in cap space or be willing to do a
multi-player deal and spread out the extra cap crap among a few
salaries.
Ray

PS: Because of BYC,  The C's couldn't do the Mookie and Del Negro deal, 
the ESPN guy babbles about  

--- OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org> wrote:
> From: OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>
> To: "'celtics@igtc.com'" <celtics@igtc.com>
> Subject: from the espn message boards
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:16:25 -0400
> 
> NY TIMES 
> The Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State, Orlando
> and Atlanta are looking into
> sign-and-trade deals with Boston, which is
> believed to have offered Fortson
> a seven-year deal worth closeto $42 million.
> Fortson is expected to visit
> Golden State soon. (Today) 
> 
> Why would the Warriors bring in a guy they know
> they can't sign ? You have
> to think that an offer or a deal could be on
> the table. We all know that
> thier is a log jam at the PG spot and SF spots.
> The thing is if the Celtics
> are offering 6 a year that means the Warriors
> will have to make a pitch
> offering 6 million back in players. So if
> Mookie (4.5) goes I would think
> someone else has to go with a salary in the 2
> million dollar range. If TC is
> retireing you could ship him out to another
> team and they would love to take
> on his salary then be able to use it after he
> quits. 
> I know St jean has been dying to get Fortson on
> the team. The "other" teams
> interested in Fortson such as LA, New York and
> Atlanta have little or
> nothing to offer. 
> If the Warriors could move MOOKIE and DelNegro
> for Frotson they could use
> exception on for other things. 
> For some reason I have a feeling the Warriors
> will end up with Danny. Buit
> for ^ million it is a risk. 
> 
> 
> Josh Ozersky	
> Marketing Communications Specialist 
> Corning Museum of Glass
>