RE: Pitino Urged/Latest Trade Rumor... It's Time For Celtics Note s

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

How would Houston be "a great, great fit" on this team?  We already
have two heavy-duty scorers in Pierce and Walker, the former duplicating
Houston's skills to some extent.  We wouldn't have a center, and we would
have major chemistry problems.  Houston wants to be the man, and here he
would be in a situation just like the one with the knicks (playing alongside
another
all-star caliber shooting guard) except without the Knicks' success.  Don't
forget,
he has an opt-out after next year.  And he'll want a lot of money...I don't
see it at
all.  We don't really have a problem scoring points.  This trade makes no
sense to
me at all.  Maybe I could see trading Vitaly and Kenny for Stoudamire, but
Allan
Houston is a terrible fit.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 12, 2000 10:15 AM
> To:	'wayray@ix.netcom.com'; 'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject:	Re: Pitino Urged/Latest Trade Rumor... It's Time For Celtics
> Note s
> 
> OK, I read this Houston rumor somewhere as well, but I seem to remember
> doubting its legitimacy. I don't remember where I saw it, but I dismissed
> it
> pretty quickly. Ray, do you have any reason to believe this is being
> discussed?
> 
> It's interesting. Supposedly the only thing keeping the Knicks from
> joining
> the big three-team trade that would send Ewing to Seattle and Rice to NY
> is
> the Knicks' insistence that they add a legit center or power forward in
> that
> deal or a second trade. Would Vitaly qualify? I doubt it.
> 
> You just don't trade guys like Allan Houston for spare parts like Vitaly
> or
> problem children like Kenny Anderson. I'd love to see it happen, because
> Allan Houston would be a great, great fit on this Celtics team, but I'd
> guess my first instinct on this one was right. Wishful thinking.
> 
> However, the Nuggets signed Andre Woolridge yesterday, meaning it's almost
> a
> certainty they deal Chris Herren. That deal may come back to life at some
> point, if anyone out there even cares anymore.
> 
> Mark