Re: Rice to get only the exception.

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

Rice is not the player he used to be and wants the ball too much and plays D
like a matador. Does that sound familiar to another high paid forward we
have ?

Anderson to Atlanta makes sense if we can get Jim Jackson & say Alan
Henderson.

I think Brown & Pack can do the job and with JJ at the 2, Pierce at the 3 ,
with Carr, Griffin Henderson & Moiso off the bench this really gives us some
depth.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Wang" <awang@mit.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Rice to get only the exception.


> Jim Hill writes:
>
> >If Glen Rice is only going to get the $2.5 exception from NY or Miami how
> >about a Anderson/Blount for Rice trade for one year at $5-6 a year.
> >
> [cut]
> >
> >LA gets a solid point for their system.  A back up PF/Center in Blount.
A
> >gentlemans way of solving the Rice "problem".  Anderson is a LA resident.
>
> This is where this trade breaks down in my opinion. Phil Jackson likes his
> backcourt big and doesn't require a traditional point guard to initiate
his
> triangle offense. The Lakers wouldn't have any interest in Anderson and
> his large contract. He'd probably play poorly in the triangle offense for
> similar
> reasons that he plays poorly in Pitino's offense, because he's probably
his
> best as a "ball-dominating" point guard rather than a "get it across, dump
it
> off, move without the ball" point guard.
>
> Even though Anderson hasn't been great for the Celtics, I would hesitate
to
> trade him without getting a starting point guard in return. Pack has his
> injury
> history and Randy Brown is not a starter on a decent team. After watching
> the offense die repeatedly under Barros last year, I do appreciate that
> Anderson has done a reasonable job on offense, even if his assist numbers
> have been poor.
>
> I think that the draft picks are probably going to be the enticement for
most
> trades. I am hoping that we can package McCarty or Cheaney and a draft
> pick to pick up a contributing player -- maybe someone like Ruben
Patterson
> (if the Sonics are planning on restructuring -- what did the Ewing trade
> mean?)
> or Keon Clark, Pitino's target in the 1998 draft.
>
> Alex
>
> Alex
>
>