Re: Bskball: Lottery Outcome Creates Trades

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

I would not take anything Miami has to offer other than Zo, They are an old
team with no value. Maybe I would take Mashburn for someone like Battie or
McCarty. What happened to Voshon Lenard, did he get injured again ? They
really needed some outside shooting.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 2:39 AM
Subject: Bskball: Lottery Outcome Creates Trades


> Will the C's try to move up?
>
> http://www.bskball.com
> 05/22-THIS DRAFT CREATES SOME DEALING- No one within the Nets thought
> they'd win the lottery and land the top pick, now that they have
> it....what do they do with it?..The smart choice would be use it and
> grab Kenyon Martin and give yourself a serious 4 man game, another
> option is deal that pick down for maybe 2 1st rounders (Orlando and
> Chicago could be players there), or deal it out right for a serious
> veteran. With Miami, basically looking to re-tool according to reports,
> it possible Riley wants to make a deal (Would you take Kerry Kittles and
> the #1 for PJ Brown and Jamal Mashburn?- I wouldn't), so its clear a day
> after that there is maneuvering to be done.... Down the line a few teams
> hoped for more, and got a lot less and just proves, the lottery is
> fixed?...no I am kidding, it proves that anything can happen, and that's
> why you send 13 teams to find out who gets those 3 picks... The Bulls
> were not shocked to have fallen, but a Bulls source said this changes a
> lot of thinking, but they still believe Mihm could still be there at 4,
> and if so they'd just have to pay him less. A Magic source said in an
> upbeat tone, at least we'll have more caproom after not taking the 1st
> overall pick, the same source said he'd be shocked if the Magic stay
> where they are. The Clippers appear willing to talk about dealing their
> #3 pick all together, and I hear Toronto called them late yesterday to
> see if they had interest in Oakley for the pick straight up. The
> Grizzlies staff seemed surprised that they went to #2, and initially
> before the lotto said they were keeping the pick, today the tune
> changed, and it was said with so many teams dropping, a better deal
> might be had, and they were going to listen to offers. So right there in
> the top 5 you see things might change, and with some of the later teams
> really needing help, and some of the upper teams really needing
> veterans, I am expecting a few draft day deals that may surprise even
> me....... I wonder what George Karl would really want for the #15 pick,
> he was talking about yesterday... In this draft class that might be a
> serviceable player.
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