Re: Say goodbye to the Bibby dreams.

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

Title: Say goodbye to the Bibby dreams.

I thought they were actually looking for veterans not more young players.

----- Original Message -----

From: Jim Metz

To: Celtics @ igtc.com

Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:07 PM

Subject: Say goodbye to the Bibby dreams.

   I beleive that the Grizzlies will no longer be shopping their pick for multiple picks. Does this affect their willingness to trade with the C's?
-JB-
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      Grizzlies defer giving Pistons first-round draft pick

June 4, 2001
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The Vancouver Grizzlies have deferred giving the Detroit Pistons a first-round draft pick that is owed as part of a 4-year-old trade.
The Grizzlies received Otis Thorpe from the Pistons in 1997 in exchange for a future first-round draft pick.
Detroit was to receive a first-round pick between second and 18th overall. Vancouver was to choose the year, from 1998 to 2003, in which it would surrender the pick.
The Grizzlies had until Friday to convey a 2001 pick to Detroit but decided not to do so, said Vancouver spokeswoman Jodi Ryan.
Under terms of the deal, the Grizzlies could have acquired a draft pick through a trade and then given it to Detroit. But next year, Vancouver would have to give up its own first-round pick, provided it did not fall in the top five.
And should the Grizzlies fail to repay Detroit in 2002, they would have to give up their own first-round pick in 2003, provided it is not the first overall.
``Regardless, in the next few years, we're going to get a pretty good pick,'' Pistons spokesman Kevin Grigg said.
Thorpe was a 35-year-old, 13-year NBA veteran when Detroit traded him after a public falling-out with then-Pistons coach Doug Collins. Vancouver traded Thorpe to Sacramento in 1998. He later played for Washington and Miami before joining the Charlotte Hornets for the 2001 season.
Thorpe also has played for the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets.

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