Re: Mutombo?

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

I would offer VP, Moiso & Anderson for Mutombo  and Jim Jackson.

Mutombo
Walker/Battie
Pierce/Griffin
Jackson/Stith
Brown/Herren


----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: Mutombo?


> OK, I know the season has started and it's not the time for crazy trade
> talk, but Mutombo's trip to NY last night got the media tongues wagging.
> Reports say the Hawks will listen to trade proposals for Mutombo, but the
> Knicks don't seem to be a good fit. The Hawks have no interest in Camby.
> Another report says the Nuggets may be offering Raef Lafrentz and Keon
> Clark, along with others, and that might be a better fit.
>
> My question is this: Would a package of Vitaly, Moiso, cap filler (Stith?)
> and picks be enough to land the big guy? Vitaly gives them a serviceable
> center, Moiso a talent to develop, and the picks can help in the
rebuilding
> effort. Vitaly and Moiso wouldn't seem to be as strong an offer as
Lafrentz
> and Clark, but the picks might make the difference.
>
> The price is high, but you wouldn't be losing any essential players and
> would be gaining the best center in the Eastern Conference and the only
> center in the East who provides exactly what the Celts need. Now, if you
> feel Dikembe's age and lack of mobility would cripple the team's efforts
to
> move to a running, pressing style, you may have no interest in the guy at
> all. But if the price is so cheap... plus, if it doesn't work out, you
have
> to think there are teams who would make attractive offers for the guy.
Allan
> Houston and Marcus Camby don't interest the Hawks, but they probably would
> interest the Celts. So would Jermaine O'Neal and one of those young pups
in
> Indy. Or Dale Davis and Bonzi Wells in Portland. Or Lafrentz (a Pitino
> favorite) and Clark. Or Shawn Marion and Big Jake in Phoenix...
>
> The point is, it would seem the Celts could make an offer similar to
> Denver's, add in a couple of draft picks, and have a chance at a legit
> center and valuable NBA asset. Worth looking into, anyway.
>
> Mark
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