Re: Shareef to Boston???

[David A Wickerham <aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu>]

Nice thought, but I don't think the cap will work out.  Both are baseyear
players and each team can only take back half of their salaries



On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Cecil Wright wrote:

> 
>            ppg      fg%     ft%     3pt%    rpg    or      dr      apg
> spg    tpg    bpg
> 
> SAR    20.5    .455    .795    .284     10     2.7    7.3    3.3     1.1
> 3.2    1.1
> Toine   20.5    .425    .695    .257     7.6    2.5    5.1    2.9     1.2
> 3.1    0.5
> 
>             min        fgm/a        ftm/a        3m/a        stl     blk
> to      pts
> SAR    2282   431/948    330/415    19/67       65     64    191  1211
> Toine   2163   469/1104  216/311    54/210     70     27    185  1208
> 
>             OR     DR    TR
> SAR    160    432    592
> Toine   145    303    448
> 
> I don't think I was as aware of Shareef's ability to get to the line and
> snatch rebounds.  He has 16 fewer defensive boards than Toine has in total!
> Hmmm.
> He's also 20 months younger than Toine.  I do like Toine when he is on but
> even I would have to admit that he isn't as consistent as Abdur-Rahim.  This
> would be a trade which I trust would meet with approval from most Celtic
> fans?
> Will RP pull this trigger?
> 
> Cecil
> 
> 
> 
> Original Message -----
> From: Adam Litchy <adamlitchy@archimica-mo.com>
> To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 6:07 PM
> Subject: RE: Shareef to Boston???
> 
> 
> > I don't post often but, this is to good to be true.  I would do this deal
> in
> > a heartbeat.
> >
> > Adam Litchy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bos3332@aol.com [SMTP:Bos3332@aol.com]
> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 3:25 PM
> > To: celtics@igtc.com
> > Subject: Shareef to Boston???
> >
> > Got off NG, just wondering what you guys thought.- Tony
> >
> > Apparently after the Grizzlies lost to the Raptors today,
> > Abdur-Rahim
> > basically said hes had enough of losing.  Grizzly management
> > is committed to
> > winning but cannot gaurantee Abdur-Rahim that they will be
> > in the playoffs
> > within the next two years and thus will trade Shareef at the
> > end of the
> > season.  Right now, the Grizzlies seem most interested in
> > Antoine Walker,
> > however Keith Van Horn is also someone they are looking at.
> > When
> > Abdur-Rahim was asked where he would like to play next year,
> > he said
> > somewhere in the east close to his home in Atlanta.  Grizzly
> > management
> > cannot gaurantee him a place close to Atlanta but will
> > definitely ship him
> > to a team in the east, to ensure he doesnt come back to
> > haunt them as often
> > as he would if he remained in the west.
> >
> > I was watching CNN, and Peter Vescey will write an article
> > as soon as
> > Tuesday or Wednesday (the delay is because he wants to
> > gather more info)
> > about the Shareef situation in Vancouver.  CNN said Boston,
> > New Jersey are
> > the front runners for the Shareef sweepstakes.  Would you
> > the fans of Boston
> > do a trade which swaps Antoine for Shareef straight up?  Im
> > a Vancouver fan
> > and I do not want this to happen for the Grizzlies, but I
> > have a very good
> > feeling it will happen simply due to Hollins' desire to
> > attain Antoine , who
> > is a very good friend of Hollins.
> >
> >
> 
> 

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