RE: Celtics Trading For Pippen?

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I think that's great news, and would definitely
be the napoleonic stroke that Wallace mentor
Sonny Vaccaro may have been alluding to.  And
the beauty part of it is that we still get two
excellent young players to add to next year's 
roster.  And Pippin can still play!  I like this
trade A LOT, and hope it goes down.  

Whatever!

-----Original Message-----
From: Way Of The Ray [mailto:wayray@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:14 PM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Celtics Trading For Pippen? 


> This comes from the ESPN Message Board, so who knows?
> But interesting stuff....
>
> Boston / Portland Details
>  Posted by: metalorusa42  9:20PM PDT, Jun 25, 2001
>
> Talked to NBA draft analyst Chris Monter( he was
> on ESPN "up close" this weekend ) about the
> Portland / Boston trade. He feels strongly that
> B. Wells is not part of this trade and that
> Kenny Anderson is included. You may hate this
> but here goes: Celts could be looking to package
> Anderson, EWill, and K.Brown for Pippen. The
> trade works under the cap. Portland gets a
> young stud to fill in at the 3 for a very washed
> up Pippen. What does Boston get? Cap room. The
> C's are shooting for free agency in 2 years when
> only Pierce, Walker, Battie, V, and Ewill are
> under contract. Pippen has 2 years left at $13
> mil per but will be off the cap in 2 years. So
> by making this trade the C's clear another $5 mil
> for their F/A signing period in 2 years. V,Battie,
> Pierce, Walker and (Gasol?) would only be making
> about 35 to 36 mil total. The cap should be about
> $50 mil in 2 years. The C's would then target
> Duncan (who will be a free agent) with the max
> offer and hope that Pierce,Walker,Gasol,Duncan
> core can bring home a ring .(even if you miss on
> duncan you'll be one of only a couple teams that
> can offer the max for any other blue chip starter.