Re: Possible 4 Way trade Now

["Josh Farber" <nbaj2k@home.com>]

I agree that I really overstated the potential of Wahad by calling him a
very good player.

I just think we probably won't get anyone much better than him this
offseason unless Mercer comes around.

I don't see us pulling off a great deal this summer, but I really want
something to change because I don't think Rick can bring the current team to
the playoffs.

Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: <damekmo@teleport.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: Possible 4 Way trade Now


> >I believe this is one of the only decent offers that we are going to see
> >that could get the Celtics a very good player without trading Walker or
> >Pierce.  The only other option is to sign Mercer for the exception, which
I
> >hope is still available.
>
> The only problem is that Abdul Wahad is not "a very good player." He's an
> "OK player." He's a "mediocre player at best." He's a "better than nothing
> player, sometimes." But he's not a very good player. This team needs a
> bunch of those if they're ever going to see contention for anything
> meaningful, and if these rumors are any indication, our children are all
> going to be old and feeble before that happens. Pitino can't bet on Abdul
> Wahad being the difference between his NBA success or failure, can he? If
> Pierce doesn't improve next year his value will never be as high, and
right
> now if we're to believe everything Ricky says, his value is unbelievably
> high. Pitino needs to get out of the land of "Abdul Wahads and Maybe 40
> Wins If They're Lucky."
>
> And I see you've just posted an article about Abdul Wahad staying in
> Denver. Good! If Pitino can get Mercer for the exception that's nice, but
> only nice, and  it doesn't get this team any closer to something
> substantial. It's time for Ricky to actually earn his money.
>
> Paul M.
>
>