Re: Final Analysis of Mercer trade

[Francis Hsu <francis@ai.mit.edu>]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:00:36AM -0700, Roy Enrile wrote:
> 
> For those who were wondering whether Wallace/Pitino made a wise move
> in losing Ron Mercer, it looks like the final result is :
> Ron Mercer  equals   Kedrick Brown.   
> Below is how I think the deals went.
> 
I would simplify it by removing the players who have very insignificant
contribution to the C's:

> -1st deal
>  Mercer + Popeye + Schinzius  =  Fortson + E.W. + Eric Washington +
> DraftPick (Kedrick Brown)

Mercer -> Fortson + Eric Williams + Kedrick Brown

> -2nd deal
>  Cheaney signed as free agent
> 
> -3rd deal 
>  Fortson + Barros + Ellison  =  HotRod + Pack + DraftPick (Joe Forte)

Fortson + Barros -> Forte

> -4th deal
>  Cheaney + Pack = Stith + Herren

Cheaney -> Stith

This becomes:
Mercer + Cheaney -> Stith + Forte + Eric Williams + Kedrick Brown
The worst part of this is taking Eric Williams' contract.

I disagree with your final simplification of Mercer -> Kedrick Brown

I'd be more agreeable with
Mercer -> Forte + Kedrick Brown

That being said, I would take what we have now over what we had before.
However, it's also clear that years were wasted in the process.

Francis