Re: Stith and Carr

[Jim Metz <JBMetzEA@AOL.com>]

Title: Re: Stith and Carr

on 6/28/01 5:40 PM, Alexander Wang at awang@MIT.EDU wrote:

> ''We have tremendous respect for Bryant and we would love to have Bryant in a
> Boston Celtics uniform,'' said Celtics coach Jim O'Brien. ''In the event
> that we
> can't get a Bryant Stith, then Chris Carr is a guy that's been with us a year
> and we like guys that have been with us. We don't want to lose people.''
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   If we were foolish enough to re-sign Stith and/or Carr, after drafting three 2/3's, our roster would be finished. No room for a point or a shot blocker/rebounder. Why? 
   I liked Stith's game and Carr was underutilized, but after the draft, it makes no sense.
   Stith has been "down this road before," spending lots of time on the injured reserve list with rebuilding teams.
   Sign and trade him to a contender.
   
   When Carr and Stith were signed, it was felt we needed experience to make the playoffs, around our youthful talent. That didn't work, so were going young again.
   We need to clean up the point guard situation. Randy Brown and Kenny Anderson were both useless this past year. What good is "veteran presence if it is on the D.L. ?
   There is too much dead weight on the roster now. Moiso, Walter,the three rookies, the two ageing point guards and Blount are end of the bench players(at least until the young players mature),I fear.   Let the young-uns play and worry about the playoffs next year.
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JB-

Ps. Great observation below, Alex

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 As a side note, I think the reason why the luxury tax is so feared is because
it is a discontinuous cutoff: once you're $1 over the cutoff, you don't get to
share in the pot that's generated by the over-the-tax teams. I doubt that
payoff is more than around $4-5M per team, but think about it this way. Say
you
are right at the threshold and an opportunity comes up to use your exception
for $4.5M. Then you get taxed another $4.5M and you lose $4M in additional tax
payouts. So that player is costing you $13M per year - the equivalent of a
maximum contract. It's a pretty effective deterrent for all but the wealthiest
owners.

Alex
                                                                            

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