Re: Post-lottery draft thoughts

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Etan Thomas and "OO," for example
or Morris Peterson and the Greek.  I like it.

--- Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:
> 1. I don't foresee us moving up in the lottery,
> especially not by trading
> Antoine Walker as has been suggested. Antoine
> doesn't have that sort
> of trade value because of his large contract and his
> inconsistency. 
> The Clippers, for instance, are not going to be
> interested in Antoine,
> because they are a cheap team. They'd much rather
> have someone on a 
> rookie contract.
> 
> Now Pierce, on the other hand, is on a rookie
> contract, which puts him
> on equal footing contract-wise with this year's
> draftees. If the Celtics
> were interested in moving up in the draft, I imagine
> that Pierce might
> interest teams like the Clippers (#3), Chicago (#4
> and #7), and Orlando
> (#5, #10, #13). None of these teams have established
> players at shooting
> guard.
> 
> A trade like Pierce and Barros for the #3 and Derek
> Anderson could be
> a possibility, depending on who is still available
> at #3. I honestly can't
> say whether I like this sort of trade or not because
> I don't have the
> knowledge or ability to evaluate pro prospects. But
> I think something like
> this is more realistic than trades involving Walker.
> In general I would
> doubt that we move up at all, because the team would
> get younger (and
> probably significantly worse in the near term).
> Beyond that Pierce has
> proven that he can play in this league, which you
> can't say about any
> of the draft picks.
> 
> 2. There's been talk that Orlando would like to get
> rid of their draft
> picks. Certainly lottery picks have good value and
> they won't be forced
> to get rid of them for nothing. I would guess that
> they would trade 
> their draft picks this year for future first round
> picks if they just
> want to get rid of them to save cap space. If we are
> high on several
> players in lower lottery, we could possibly trade
> one of our 2001 picks,
> or even a more distant first rounder, for either the
> #10 or #13. 
> I seem to remember these sorts of trades happening
> without cap
> implications but I'm not sure.
> 
> If we had two picks this year, we could go for one
> young project type
> and one more proven, immediate performer. 
> 
> Alex
> 


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