RE: Saving for the future?

["Michael Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>]

even if Pitino barely gets into the playoffs that would be an improvement
and the future will look decent with 2 or 3 #1s next year which can be
packaged in a sign and trade (along with some large contract (Kenny Anderson
notably)) for one of the many attractive free agents next year.

Difference is teams like Indiana can gamble on an O'Neal, Boston shouldn't.
Would you rather have O'Neal this year or someone like Webber (or similar)
next year.  Boston needs to know what it has coming in return - we have
already made a ton of bets on potential.

I don't disagree at all with any move the Celtics have made this off-season.
I disagree with the length of Randy Brown's contract but even that isn't a
cap-killer.

That's my take anyway.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> Francis Hsu
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 2:03 PM
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Saving for the future?
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> On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 04:16:17PM -0400, Alexander Wang wrote:
> > It's interesting that the Celtics' three picks in 2001 have supposedly
> > turned them into a team that's more concerned about the future than the
> > present. In particular, if Fortson had been released instead of
> traded for
> > a low 2001 pick, we probably wouldn't be hearing any "analysis" of this
> > sort. In reality, I remember that Gaston evidently told Pitino
> that he was
> > tired of the patient approach. Pitino may have added a low 2001
> pick this
> > offseason but he is surely focused on the present.
>
> I'm very much in agreement with your opinion on this.  Does anyone think
> that Pitino should have tried to give up more for Croshere and/or O'Neal
> than what was rumored to have been offered?  We had little in the way to
> attract the big free agents, so what Pitino has done so far is about all
> we could realistically expect in my opinion.  And I think that rumors tend
> to confirm that he's willing to trade those draft picks if it would
> substantially increase our chances to get into the playoffs this season.
>
> That being said, if the Celtics make it into the playoffs, it
> probably will
> be barely making it.  So Pitino's butt is still going to be on the fire
> because the Celtics could regress and not make it to the playoffs the
> following year.  So if you can't do much more to improve the present
> situation, your next priority would probably be to put yourself
> in a better
> position for the following season.
>
> Francis
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