Pitino/VH rumors, my draft pick

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I don't think there's a shred of truth to this stuff. 
Smith doesn't even give unnamed sources.  And anyone
who understands the base-year rules knows that there
is no way Antoine and Van Horn can ever be the
principals in a trade.  I'll tell you what, though:
we do need to make a trade soon, to move up in the
draft or to acquire a second pick.  Forget Tsakilidis;
we already have our big russian, and Tsak won't be
contributing for three years anyway.  The guy I
really, really want in this draft is DerMarr Johnson. 
This guy brings some incredible Odom-like skills to
the table AND he can play defense.  If we had him at
2, we could move Pierce back to three and let Adrian
stabilize the second unit.  



--- John Lyell <johnlyell@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If he really wants out this bad why wouldn't we let
> him go if he voided the
> out years in his contract ? The rumor of new Jersey
> has came up several
> times is there any truth to this ?
> I think with Marbury at the point unless he learns
> how to be a team player
> they will have the same problem Philly has with
> Iverson.
> 
> I heard a rumor of an Iverson package deal for
> Michael Finley,  but do not
> know if their is any truth to it.
> 
> Larry Brown also seems to have traded most of his
> top picks Thomas, Hughes
> (for Kukoc who will probably walk) , and now it
> looks like Iverson with
> little to show.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
> To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 8:38 AM
> Subject: Smith: Pitino Wants Out And Van Horn
> 
> 
> > From today's Philadelphia Inquirer, Stephen Smith
> says:
> >
> >  Coach Rick Pitino still wants out of Boston, but
> he knows it's not
> > about to happen. So he's still trying to get rid
> of Antoine Walker.
> > Pitino desperately wants to coach Keith Van Horn
> and would trade Walker
> > for him in a heartbeat. It's too soon to know how
> Thorn would feel about
> > such a deal.
> >
> >
> 


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