Re: Denver and Utah trade

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

It will be a very provisional-riddled
deal, as the C's have options on all three of those picks,
depending upon certain provisions of their own. A lot
of legalese went into this trade agreement.
Ray

Michael Griffin wrote:
> 
> espn.com has reported that Utah has traded the 26th pick in the first round
> for one of Denver's first round picks next year.  Denver had previously
> acquired 2001 first round picks from Cleveland and Phoenix and Utah will get
> the lower of those two (Pheonix 20+?).  So Denver will be left with
> Cleveland's and its own but I assume their own is really ours.  Is that the
> thinking on the board?  I like our chance of being in the lottery next year
> because I don't think Denver can crack the top 8 in the West next year.
> Let's not discuss whether we will have two lottery picks next year or
> not..........
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> > Way Of The Ray
> > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 2:40 PM
> > To: Celtics
> > Subject: Re: thoughts on good news
> >
> >
> > Josh,
> > >From what I've heard, Houston at 9 is looking at small forwards.
> > So they're interested in Johnson, Moiso (some teams see him as a
> > big small forward), and Miller.
> >
> > *     Martin
> > > *   Swift
> > > *   Fizer
> > > *   Miles
> > > *   Mihm
> > > *   Miller
> > > *   Pryzbilla
> > > *   Tsakilidis
> >
> > So, the above picks may be the way it happens, but....
> >
> >
> > > *   Alexander
> >
> >
> > Insert Johnson or Mosio for Houston here.
> >
> > > *   Johnson
> >
> >
> > Orlando takes either Alexander, Stevenson, or Crawford. Or whisper,
> > whisper,
> > the Magic draft this pick for another club and take Moiso, Dooling,
> > Alexander,
> > or Oyedeji. So, it looks like either Crawford, Stevenson, Big O2 or
> > Alexander for the Celtics. Pryzbilla won't be around as Cleveland will
> > take him if he's available.
> > Ray
> >
> >
> >
> > --- OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org> wrote:
> > > From: OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>
> > > To: "'celtics@igtc.com'" <celtics@igtc.com>
> > > Subject: thoughts on good news
> > > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:06:20 -0400
> > >
> > > More good news from NBA talk:  the hawks still
> > > seem to be in love with
> > > Miller.  I don't blame them.
> > > They can't fill their arena.  In the deep
> > > south, a marketable white player
> > > counts for a lot, I'm sorry.
> > > Now, I can't spend the whole day posting to the
> > > list, but if Cleveland DOES
> > > take Tsak, and Atlanta does take Miller, then
> > > we are looking at a draft
> > > something like
> > >
> > > *   Martin
> > > *   Swift
> > > *   Fizer
> > > *   Miles
> > > *   Mihm
> > > *   Miller
> > > *   Pryzbilla
> > > *   Tsakilidis
> > > *   Alexander
> > > *   Johnson
> > > *   US:  Jamal Crawford or one of the above guys,
> > > most likely Johnson or
> > > Pryzbilla!
> > >
> > > Josh Ozersky
> > > Marketing Communications Specialist
> > > Corning Museum of Glass
> > >
> >