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Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 7:00
AM
Subject: Re: Pack/Cheaney for
Herren/Stith?
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I am not sure I like this one. Hasn't Stith had
a lot of injury problems (as if Pack hasn't) and Herren is an unproven
commodity.
I don't remember much about seeing either of
these guys play but, judging from his statistics, Stith seems to be on a
downward slide in his career not very different from the one Cheaney is
on. There could only be two reasons for making this trade. First
could be that Stith's contract expires after this year (if the reports are
true that he has two years left I would doubt the trade happens). In
effect, that would get them out of the "Calbert Cheaney mistake" a year
earlier. Second could be that Pitino would rather have Herren, who
has potential to improve to a useful NBA point guard, rather than Pack, who
has talent but is aging and almost never healthy.
If it were up to me I would do it for reason
two. I.e., if I had seen enough of Herren to believe that he had a
promising future as an NBA point guard, I'd make the trade. If
it was just for reason one, to get rid of Cal, I wouldn't do it.
Cheaney's not the worst guy to have on the end of your bench. When he
was signed last year, he was probably seen as being the fifth starter and
Griffin as the spot player. Then Adrian came in and earned the starting
job by working his ass off in pre-season and winning some early games with
amazing clutch defensive plays. Right now, I'd say that Griffin,
Cheaney, Williams and McCarty are going to fight for one starting
position. I don't think Stith would be in that mix if the trade
happened.
Jim