RE: C's Talking Trade With Seattle

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

If this is the kind of deal that Wallace has been trying to do,
I say bring Pitino back.  Are they nuts?  Trading anybody for
a marginal if sold pro like Williams is barely worthwhile; but to
trade Adrian Griffin and a future FIRST ROUND PICK?  When,
Oh when, are teams going to figure out that first round picks are 
the lifeblood of a rebuilding team -- particularly one with no cap
room like the Celtics?

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Way Of The Ray [SMTP:wayray@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:59 AM
> To:	Celtics
> Subject:	C's Talking Trade With Seattle
> 
> Hopefully they're smart enough to make the pick top-20
> protected....
> 
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/010/sports/Sonics_Williams_creating_some
> _interest+.shtml
> 
> 
> 
> Sonics' Williams creating some interest
> 
> 
> By Peter May, Globe Staff, 1/10/2001
> 
> 
> ALTHAM - The Celtics deftly executed their first personnel move of the
> post- Rick Pitino era yesterday: They signed Milt Palacio to a 10-day
> contract. His chances of staying with the Celtics for a second stint may
> hinge on whether the team can complete a deal with Seattle to bring
> Shammond Williams to town.
> 
> 
> League sources say the Celtics and Sonics have been talking about a
> Williams deal for some time. It is getting held up because the Sonics
> are in the process of being sold. If the trade does come down, Boston
> would have to part with a body (most likely Adrian Griffin) and a No. 1
> pick down the road. Williams and Griffin are in the final years of
> contracts.
> 
> 
> Williams is a 6-foot-1-inch combination guard who has the speed and
> quickness the Celtics feel they lack in the backcourt. He played a big
> role for the Sonics late last season, including the playoffs, and was
> the star of the Shaw's Summer League at UMass-Boston.
> 
> 
> He played 31 minutes and scored 16 points in the Sonics' win last night,
> but he has six DNPs this season, including last Sunday against Toronto.
> Seasoned NBA cynics see DNPs in January and February and wonder whether
> there's something more to it.
> 
> 
> Williams is averaging 6.7 points and 2.7 assists in 18.6 minutes a game.
> He is the fourth-most accurate 3-point shooter in the league (44.4
> percent). He has fallen out of the Seattle rotation, however, behind
> Brent Barry and Emanual Davis.
> 
> 
> Williams was a second-round draft pick out of North Carolina (No. 34
> overall) by Chicago in 1998. He was traded on draft day to Atlanta but
> appeared in only four games and was waived. He also played that year in
> Turkey. The Sonics signed him as a free agent in August 1999 and
> re-signed him last summer.
> 
> 
> Griffin, meanwhile, is due to go on the injured list today with a bad
> back, paving the way for the activation of Jerome Moiso. He has been a
> step behind all season and has lost his rotation spot to Eric Williams
> and Bryant Stith.
> 
> 
> Palacio was waived last Friday, eight days after his miraculous
> game-winning 3-pointer in New Jersey. The Celtics have not won since,
> dropping six straight while also losing their coach.
> 
> 
> The Celtics are under no obligation to keep Palacio over the next 10
> days. He can be re-signed to a second 10-day deal, but at the expiration
> of that, he must either be signed for the season or released. But if the
> Williams deal falls through, Chris Herren should be close to ready by
> the time Palacio's second 10-day deal expires.
> 
>