Re: bskball reports:

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

At 11:31 27/06/01 -0500, you wrote:
>BOSTON: The Boston Celtics have a deal in principal down with the Portland 
>Trailblazers that may have them selecting Kendrick Brown at #11, and trade 
>him, and him alone to Portland for Tony Parker if he can be selected at #19

This may be the perfect comic relief we all need. I've read this thing 
three times in a row and still can't figure out how it makes any sense 
without a laugh track. This is the type of trade the commisioner's office 
would reject out of hand even if a "3 million" payoff to move into the 
lottery wasn't involved, just on the basis of its sheer stupidity.

It is a crack-up what bskball can come up with sometimes. I'm trying to 
picture the Portland GM phoning Wallace and saying, "Euroka, here's a 
brilliant idea to revive our trade idea! Draft our guy at #11 and then 
trade us him and HIM ALONE for our 19th pick!"  I just love the "him alone" 
part.

Oh mercy....I'm not listening to any more Internet-based rumours tonight.

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