Re: Celts may be able to pluck a plum

["I am. . . Anonymous" <ktoreed@yahoo.com>]

Why would the Lakers trade Bryant?  I think the
question is why the Celts would trade Walker and
Pierce and all their picks for Kobe.  So then Kobe can
ball-hog on a barren Celtic team and get an attitude
with the coach?  Eventually, after the Celts continue
to lose, the Boobirds will be out to trade "selfish"
Kobe for Mercer.  Meanwhile... the Lakers will have
the most dominant front-line in the league with Shaq,
Toine, and Pierce and with the additional draft picks
will win at least half of the championships from here
until 2010.

--- "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote:
> A few situations around the NBA bear watching.
> First, the Kobe-Shaq battle
> in LA. The Lakers won't do anything during the
> season, but after this
> season, it's sounding more and more like they may at
> least discuss the
> possibility of trading Kobe Bryant. If the Lakers
> don't reach the Finals,
> expect the talk to start. Of course, if Kobe goes on
> the market, every team
> in the NBA will be lining up, but the Celts could
> put a pretty nice package
> of players and picks on the table, starting with LA
> native Paul Pierce. I'd
> do Pierce, Toine and all of this year's draft picks
> for Kobe. And I'd
> include any other bodies the Lakers might want
> (UCLA's Moiso? Vitaly to back
> up Shaq?). Kobe would give the Celts the superstar
> they're lacking at this
> point.
> 
> Vancouver also may be a match. Shareef and Bibby are
> on the block and,
> again, the Celts have some attractive bargaining
> chips. I've been watching
> Vancouver a lot lately and I love Bibby. He'll be
> even better when he
> realizes he's the best player on that team, not
> Shareef. Right now he defers
> to Shareef too often. Shareef, of course, is a great
> player in his own
> right.
> 
> Chicago is looking for a legit, veteran player to
> take some pressure off
> Brand and make them more competitive (and attractive
> to free agents). That's
> a team that could absorb Toine's contract now
> without any BYC problems, and
> they have some young players they're willing to
> deal. Jamal Crawford would
> be the centerpiece of any deal with Boston, but the
> Celts have shown
> interest in Ron Artest in the past, and may be
> interested in Marcus Fizer.
> This would be a rebuilding move for the Celts. Also,
> there could be a match
> with the Bulls as part of a three-way deal.
> 
> The Van Horn rumors may resurface if things continue
> to go wrong in Jersey.
> A Van Horn-Toine deal may be good for both teams and
> players. A classic
> "change of scenery" kind of thing.
> 
> Philly still seems willing to discuss Iverson, and
> there was a rumor
> yesterday at bskball.com (so it must be true!) that
> they had offered Iverson
> to LA for Kobe. Larry Brown loves Toine, and I could
> see a Toine-pick for
> Iverson deal happening.
> 
> Anyway, the point of the post is there might be some
> options out there if we
> go about this the right way. In other words, don't
> start selling off draft
> picks in stop-gap moves (Shammond Williams?). Isn't
> anyone interested in
> seeing what a healthy Chris Herren brings to the
> team? Is Shammond Williams
> a big upgrade over Herren?
> 
> I'm the biggest proponent on the list of blowing up
> this team, but let's see
> where some of these storylines go, and if we can't
> land a big fish when we
> finally throw our line in the water.
> 
> Mark
> 


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