Sixers/Boston circa 1996-97

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

At 13:37 07/06/01 -0400, Georgek27@AOL.com wrote:
>In a message dated 6/7/01 1:31:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>j.hironaka@unesco.org writes:
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>>         Can anyone dig up the Sixers and Celtics rosters on the day Larry
>>Brown and Pitinochio took over?
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>I heard them say that Iverson is the only one left from when Brown took over.
>
>George

         The Celts only have Antoine Walker and Eric Williams left, 
assuming Greg Minor is off the books. But the big question is which team 
was more desirable back then in terms of existing personnel and draft 
picks. You'd think it would be Boston by a fairly wide margin.

         With the right draft picks and any improvement at all from 
Walker/Pierce, we just might join the half-dozen or so 50-win NBA teams 
next year. In the best case scenario, I think 46 to 50 wins is actually 
possible. If we can win 45 or so games next year despite all the young 
rookies, I really feel we will have actually turned the corner toward an 
eventual appearance in the Finals. Fewer wins than that and I'd be 
considerably more pessimistic about our future upside.

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