Re: A guide to trade speculation

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

Kenny Anderson could help a contender  or other team like the Clippers
looking for a point floor leader and veteran they can't get through free
agency. I think Kenny played better last year then the year before and he is
still fairly young, His durability is questionable.

We definitely aren't going to get a Grant Hill caliber player for him.

Some ideas on teams that could use him:

Clippers
Knicks
Nuggets for Van Exel rumored to be on the block ?
Pacers if Rose & Jackson bail
Blazers - Sorry they have no floor leadership and Stoudamire has been
invisible this series against the Lakers.(not that this would happen)
Bucks for Cassell - see Van Exel ?
Heat,  but with nothing to give in return.
Toronto - He might accept this now with Carter and if they resign Mcgrady ?
Warriors (with Battie for Foyle, Caffey , and Vonteego Cummings ? )





----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Wang" <awang@mit.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 4:40 PM
Subject: A guide to trade speculation


> Here are a few guidelines to think about before you propose that the
> Celtics trade Kenny Anderson for Grant Hill.
>
> 1) Why do they want our players if we don't want our players?
> You have to remember that the other team is not managed by utterly
> clueless idiots who are just dying to give us their good talent for
> our bad talent. When you propose trades, a good idea is to put
> yourself in the other team's shoes and honestly think if you would
> do that trade.
>
> 2) Here is my evaluation of the trade values of our players. Note that
> players can have negative trade value if their contract exceeds their
> ability. There are proposals to get into the top 5 of the lottery.
> The only guy who does that for you is Pierce. Walker has that kind
> of talent but his contract would scare away the teams in the top 5.
> In a draft with a lot of power forward talent up top, they would rather
> have a talented rookie on a cheap contract and save their cap space
> for free agents.
>
> GREAT VALUE: Pierce. He has a small rookie contract and the team that
> gets him has right of first refusal. He's young and majorly talented.
> The reason that some people on this list talk about trading Pierce is
> because he will get you a ton in return.
>
> GOOD VALUE: Walker. He's got major talent but is inconsistent. His
> large contract and base-year compensation restrictions make him less
> valuable than Pierce, but you could get value back in a trade.
>
> SOME VALUE: Potapenko. Guys who can actually play the center position
> with any competence are rare in this league. His contract is not
> outlandish when you look at the contracts of various second-rate
> centers. He's young, has offensive skills, decent size.
>
> The first round picks we own also have decent value, because they are
> equivalent to young players with great contract situations.
>
> Battie got a large contract and played poorly. Still, he's young, has
> athleticism, some talent, and there is a shortage of shotblockers in
> this league. He could be moved if necessary, but not for much.
>
> Fortson is in this category because at worst he has zero value and he
> might raise interest in a sign-and-trade, depending on his contract
> demands. Not as good as Potapenko or a lottery pick.
>
> ZERO VALUE: Anderson. He's actually a marginal case of possibly having
> negative value due to his contract. Still, he's a starting quality
> point guard in this league which quite a few teams don't have. You
> could probably package him with a better asset (Pierce) in a megadeal.
> He's not going to get you anything good on his own.
>
> Barros fits in here because he's on the last year of his contract. You
> could trade him to get a slightly better player with a worse contract
> from a team that is looking to rebuild in 2001.
>
> NEGATIVE VALUE: Everyone else on this team. Cheaney, McCarty, Williams,
> Minor. The worst part is that they all play essentially the same position.
>
> The only players that I could imagine another team asking for in a trade
> would be Pierce, Walker, Potapenko, Fortson and Battie, with us not
> getting much in return for the last three.
>
> 3) The Clippers. These guys get their own section because they're the
> perfect target for ridiculous trade rumors. They have some talent, lots
> of cap room, a high draft pick, and a reputation of being dumb. But
> something to remember is that first and foremost, they are cheap.
> They are not going to take a huge contract like Anderson or Walker and
> give up cheap draft picks and young players like Odom, or even Olowokandi.
> They're probably not even interested in Battie before - remember that
> the Battie/Rogers trade was before Battie got his contract. They probably
> just wanted to get him for a year while he was still cheap, for someone
> they couldn't keep anyway - similar to the Lamond Murray/Derek Anderson
> trade. Pierce is the only guy who interests them, plus draft picks.
>
> Alex
>
>