RE: Houston

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

This trade has not even been rumored by the most far-out
of sources.  It doesn't exist.  It is a non-trade.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Georgek27@aol.com [SMTP:Georgek27@aol.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:40 AM
> To:	celtics@igloo.igtc.com
> Subject:	Houston
> 
> Let me start out by saying that I really like VP. However, if I could
> package 
> VP & Kenny for Houston & Childs I would have to do it. We would have three
> 
> very talented starters in Houston, Pierce & Walker along with a 3-headed 
> defensive PG (Brown, Pack, Childs) and a 3-headed defensive C (Battie, 
> Blount, Moiso). Even if we threw in the Utah pick -- which I would only do
> if 
> we could include someone like McCarty in the deal -- we would still have 2
> 
> good picks to use on another C and a young PG.
> I think we are a better team in 2000-01 with such a deal and ready to take
> on 
> the big boys in 2001-2002 and thereafter as long as we retain Houston or
> get 
> equal value for him in a sign and trade. Yes, we'll get pushed around by
> some 
> teams but a lot of that will depend on Blount who might surprise some of
> us.
> 
> On another subject, we often point out our defensive shortcomings and
> needs 
> and yet we can't wait to load Chaney on the next plane out of town. Wasn't
> he 
> a surprisingly good defender last year despite being an offensive 
> disappointment? I think he has a definite role on this team and should
> only 
> be moved if we get value back.
> 
> George