Re: Garnett?

["Jim Meninno" <Jim_Meninno@hotmail.com>]

----- Original Message ----- From: Berry, Mark S <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
> If you're a GM for, say, Portland, and Vince Carter wants
> to play there when his contract is up, don't you think it's worth the risk
> of losing two draft picks to sign the guy to a secret deal so he gets max
> money while "legally" signing for the exception? Let's face it, you could
> make the argument that it's worth five draft picks when you're dealing
with
> teams that are always drafting late in the first round, and a talent like
> Carter.

But, it's not just the draft picks, they would lose Carter, too.  It
wouldn't be like they were trading the picks to get Carter.

Jim