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"...The third component of the deal was a first-round pick available as
early as 2003 and protected through the lottery until 2007. But it's
virtually assumed that Philadelphia will not drop to the lottery in the
forseeable future, so the pick in all likelihood automatically would fall to
the Celtics in 2003. . . ."

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This certainly seems to answer the question about the pick. Barring an
Iverson car crash with Mutombo riding shotgun, it sounds like the Celts will
automatically get the Sixers' pick this year. That figures to be somewhere
in the late 20s. Let's hope they use McLeod's expiring contract to work
another deal; otherwise, this trade does nothing but pad the pocketbook.

Mark