Re: How can we make the trade work?

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

    FWIW, didn't Orlando carry something ridiculous like 23 contracts into
last season's training camp? This trade would saddle the Clips with 15 or 16
guaranteed contracts, which admittedly is a lot.

    I agree the Clips get the least out of this deal and were probably quick
to kill it. As long as the trade isn't rekindled through the addition of
another Boston draft pick, I'll be happy.

    Seriously folks, I'm wondering which pick is rated as more valuable by the
three teams: Boston's own 2001 pick or the Denver pick? Obviously Pitino feels
Boston will make the playoffs, so the Boston pick should be considerably less
valuable to him (to the degree that he cares).  Assuming no top-5 lottery
protection, I think it is about even odds the two teams will finish with very
similar records in lotto world. Based on the conference in which they play,
Denver seems to have almost no chance of making the playoffs next year. It is
almost a 100% guaranteed lottery pick.

    Denver does have a solid frontcourt with LaFrentz, McDyess and
"Pocketfullof" Posey. The backcourt would be Van Exel, Voshon Lenard and now
Derek Anderson or Tariq.  Arguably they have more winning chances next year
than Boston because Van Exel is the only really erratic shot selection guy on
that team while we've got a few.

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OzerskyJA wrote:

> Gaston has said he won't pay cash to grease a deal.
> The prick.  That's what I took out of the Herald piece.
>
> Josh Ozersky
> Marketing Communications Specialist
> Corning Museum of Glass
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Meninno [SMTP:jim_meninno@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:47 AM
> > To:   celtics@igtc.com
> > Subject:      Re: How can we make the trade work?
> >
> > >From: "Josh Farber" <nbaj2k@home.com>
> > >
> > >With the Wahad trade basically dead for now, Pitino made it sound like
> > he's
> > >not done fighting for it yet.
> > >
> > >What would need to be changed in order for a deal to happen?  The
> > Clippers
> > >it sounds like would need to take in less.
> >
> > How about a big pile of cash?  How much of Dana's contract could the C's
> > pay?  I'm not sure that I am that sold on this deal, for all of the
> > reasons
> > that others have alreay stated: How much better is Wahad than what we
> > already have?  How good is that pick going to be?  But if Pitino
> > absolutely
> > MUST have Tariq, maybe 10,000 sweaty 100 dollar bills will get the deal
> > done.
> >
> > Jim
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