Re: A Trade To Make The Celtics Better

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

And your primary ballhandler is??  Milt?

Cecil



----- Original Message -----
From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: A Trade To Make The Celtics Better


> The way I see it, the C's with Pierce and Walker, as the
> team's two impact players will never get any farther
> than the first or second round of playoffs, whenever they
> actually make the playoffs.
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> Pierce and Walker are not in the same category as:
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> - McGrady and Hill (Or McGrady alone for that matter, if you watched any
> of the Orlando/Celtics games this season)
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> - Iverson and Mutmbo (Centers receive bonus impact points)
>
> - A healthy Mourning and Grant/Jones
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> And that's just in the Atlantic Division.
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> The Pierce/Walker tandem has to be upgraded, and with Antoine the lesser
of
> the two players, it makes sense to package him in a deal to acquire a
better
> talent or two.
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> The trade I propose is  the C's send Walker and 10 & 11 to Vancouver
> for Shareef and 4.
>
> That's it.
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> Quite simple, but effective.
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> Pierce, Shareef, and an Eddie Griffin or Zack Randolph.
>
> A very nice upgrade and a deal that moves the Celtics much closer to vying
> for a title.
>
> Griffen is somewhere between Marion and Duncan.
>
> Randolph, well let's have BSG tell you about the Zacky:
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> "ZACK RANDOLPH -- A bulldozer ... we'll never see another Barkley, but
this
> guy's out of the same phylum ... might be more effective in the pros with
> more space ... would definitely get 15-20 minutes on just about any NBA
team
> right now."
>
> In time, both Griffen and Randolph will develop into All-Stars.
>
> I have nothing against the Celtics taking a complimentary/solid player
> like Battier, but he's not going to bring the C's anymore closer to a
> championship.
> Having three All Stars like Pierce, Shareef, and Randolph/Griffen
will.....
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