RE: Garnett?

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I don't know.  Walker and Pierce for Garnett is pretty steep.  Now matter
how great one player is, even a top-five superstart like Garnett,
he's still not better than two stars unless his name is Michael Jordan.  
(or Bill Russell).  I think I might make the deal for Tim Duncan, but not
necessarily KG... who doesn't seem to like to play center.  Also, you have
to remember what KG's contract does to your cap.  

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu [SMTP:Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 26, 2000 1:19 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	RE: Garnett?
> 
> --- You wrote: 
> I disagree completely. If you're ever going to have competitive balance, 
> that salary cap has to be sacred. This wasn't just about punishing 
> Minnesota. It was about sending a message to the other teams in the league
> 
> that the price you pay for cheating the system is severe.  
> --- end of quote --- 
> 
> Rhetorical question: do you think Stern would use one of the large-market
> darlings (LA, NY etc.) to send a message? 
> It's just like the charade of drug testing at the Olympics, where they
> pick the sacrificial lambs carefully, so that the public at large can rest
> in peace 'knowing' that 'the cheaters got caught' but the designated
> heroes are all clean, pure Boy Scouts.   
> 
> And for the record, Garnett is not worth both Walker and Pierce, never
> mind adding Moiso or picks to the package. I hope Pitino is not salivating
> at the prospect of such a 'deal', because T-wolves would take it in a
> femtosecond and we'd be screwed for a decade.  
> Kestas