RE: [Celtic_Pride] RE: Globe: Gasol may be out of reach,possible Portland deal

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

You know why everyone worries about this 11-for-19 and cash deal? Because
the Celtics tried to do something just as cheap at the trading deadline.
That McCarty deal was absolutely unconscionable. The Celtics were going to
give away a first-round draft pick just to clear McCarty's salary (which
really isn't that much, wouldn't have gotten us anywhere near under the
salary cap and expires relatively soon anyway). They've proven they will
sell off assets for cash. Only the league stopped it. That's why talk of
dropping eight spots in the draft for $3 million makes me squirm. If you're
going to do that, just give up and stop trying.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	j.hironaka [mailto:j.hironaka@unesco.org] 
Sent:	Tuesday, June 26, 2001 11:15 AM
To:	Celtics@igtc.com
Cc:	Celtic_Pride@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	Re: [Celtic_Pride] RE: Globe: Gasol may be out of reach,
possible Portland deal

At 10:34 26/06/01 -0400, OzerskyJA wrote:
>I liked the deal of Brown for Bonzi much better.  Now talk is of Brown for
>#19 and 3mil cash.  That deal is terrible.  What a waste of a pick.  That
>would be a sign of a true cheap owner if that went down.

It was reported somewhere that this trade would very likely be rejected by 
the Comish, just as the McCarty deal was. Stern won't let teams buy up in 
the draft by dangling cash. This is too blatent an example, and there is 
enough precedent.

Even if these are probably just dead-end deals, it irks me to see Gaston 
involved in the negotiations. The alternate #11 for Bonzi and cash would 
probably make it through the commisioner's office, even though now it 
involves a player coming off major knee surgery. Maybe that's Wallace's 
definition of "not a cash deal". I don't know.

This is not a deal most fans would reject out-of-hand, at least prior to 
Bonzi's knee injury.




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