Re: Celts TRADE

[Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (Kestutis Kveraga)]

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Yeah it looks like it went down. I am not sure on this one.
Stith is on his last legs and Herren an unproven, which based on Pitino &
Wallace's track record is not a good
sign.
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Well, the expected trade. I'm mildly excited about having an extended look at Herren. Stith used to be a decent player, is only 29, but played in only about 59% of the available games the last four years, not a good sign. He's a better foul shooter than Cheaney and gets to the line much more, but the rest of the career stats are pretty similar. His contract is much larger than Cheaney's, though, at about $5.5M and expires in the same year as Cheaney's, '02. Herren was listed as a FA, and was making about $300k last year. He must've been re-signed by Denver for the purposes of this trade, but I coudn't find any info on the size and duration of the contract.  I guess the "goodness" of the trade hinges on what comes of Herren. As it stands right now, it's mildly positive in my book because Cheaney was superfluous anyway, and Stith and especially Herren bring a little bit of excitement going into the training camp because they're new faces and it's always fun to speculate how they'll do on our team. That, of course, applies to Brown, Blount, Carr and Moiso as well. 
Kestas