Re: Missed this earlier... Celts deny Vancouver trade rumor

["Jaims" <jaims@info.com.ph>]

Are they sayin' that they will get a Mercer type (Richardson) and a Fortson
type (Diop, Randolph...etc big bodies) replacements?  Is this a hint of who
they'd draft?

Jaims
----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 12:24 AM
Subject: Missed this earlier... Celts deny Vancouver trade rumor


> This in the Herald's NBA notes... Let me just say that I don't believe
they
> aren't having conversations. They're not doing their job if they're not
> talking. But it does sound like they're not ready to cash in the first two
> picks for Gasol.
>
> Here's the blurb...
>
> C's deny trade rumor
> The Celtics strongly denied an Internet report that they've offered their
> first two first-round picks in the June 27 draft (Nos. 10 and 11) for
> Vancouver's No. 6.
> With No. 21 also in their pocket, it's not inconceivable at all the Celts
> could make a trade, but they are prepared to be more the hunted than the
> hunter.
> ``We'll listen, but we're not picking up the phone right now,'' said
> personnel director Leo Papile. ``We'll return calls, but I have to tell
you
> we like what we see in this draft, very much so, all the way down to 21.
> Everybody knows our number and we'll listen, but this is not some fire
sale
> where we're looking to dump picks. I think that the long-term plan here is
> starting to come through. The chickens are coming home to roost from the
Ron
> Mercer and Danny Fortson trades. That's where these picks (11 and 21) come
> from basically.
> ``There have been a lot of bumps in the road in between, but basically
these
> picks are Danny Fortson and Ron Mercer. We want to replace those guys with
> similar players and we think we can. And we can have them for five years
> under the collective bargaining rules.''
> General manager Chris Wallace has been in contact with his NBA peers, but
he
> added that if nothing comes of the calls, ``We're very comfortable about
> lining up and going to bat three times.''
>
>