RE: Let the trade speculation begin

[kai_brunnen_g@ix.netcom.com]

Wow, you're on a roll. Unfortunately it's all gutter balls.
Other than the fact that no one will trade for Kenny,
he has no value, and is making $19 million dollars over the
next two years, it's a good suggestion.
Ray


> ** Original Subject: RE: Let the trade speculation begin
> ** Original Sender: CeltsSteve@AOL.com
> ** Original Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 18:35:20 -0700

> ** Original Message follows... 

>
> Hmmmmmm. . . the Wizards are possibly interested in trading the pick as they 
> don't want to take a chance on a HS kid with the #1 pick, huh? That 
> previously rumored deal of Kenny and the #10 and #11 picks to the Wizards for 
> Rip Hamilton and spare parts might be attractive if the #1 pick is also 
> coming back Boston's way. 
> 
> The C's would still have the option to re-trade the pick down a few spots for 
> a slightly lower pick (Battier?) along with acquiring another vet or take a 
> chance on a HS kid themselves.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Balls Bounce Wizards' Way as They Claim Top Pick
> 
> By TOM CANAVAN
> ..c The Associated Press
> 
> SECAUCUS, N.J. (May 20) -- Michael Jordan finally won something with the <A 
HREF="aol://1722:washingtonwizards">
> Washington Wizards</A>. 
> 
> Jordan's Wizard's won the NBA Draft Lottery on Sunday and the right to make 
> the first choice in next month's draft. 
> 
> Jordan, who joined the Wizards on Jan. 19, 2000, following a career in which 
> he led the Chicago Bulls to six championships, has seen Washington post a 
> 36-89 record, including 19-63 this past season. 
> 
> The Wizards had the third best chance of winning the ping-pong ball lottery, 
> and the fact that they won wasn't surprising. 
> 
> The team with the best chance of winning has now not won since 1990. 
> 
> The Chicago Bulls, which had the best chance of winning with 250 of 1,000 
> chances, actually slipped to fourth in this lottery in which the Los Angeles 
> Clippers and Atlanta Hawks joined the Wizards in beating the odds. 
> 
> The Clippers, who had only 44 chances in the lottery, jumped from seventh to 
> second, while the Hawks (89 chances) moved from fifth to third. 
> 
> Chicago will have the fourth pick in the draft on June 27 in New York City. 
> Golden State, which had the second most chance with 200, slipped to fifth and 
> it was followed by Vancouver, the New Jersey Nets, Cleveland, Detroit, 
> Boston, Denver, Seattle and Houston. 
> 
> In the lottery, ping-pong balls numbered one through 14 are placed in a drum 
> and four are drawn to determine a four-digit combination. 
> 
> Neither Jordan, the Wizards' president of basketball operations, nor new 
> coach Doug Collins attended the lottery. 
> 
> Collins, who was doing the color commentary on Game 7 of Philadelphia-Toronto 
> Eastern Conference semifinal, smiled when his face was flashed on the screen 
> and then quipped that he and Jordan had put pressure on assistant general 
> manager Rod Higgins to come through. 
> 
> While Higgins did, the problem for the Wizards is there isn't a Jordan in the 
> draft. 
> 
> In fact, the top player picked might end up being a high school player. Eddy 
> Curry of Thornwood High School in Illinois and Kwame Brown of Glynn Academy 
> in Georgia are highly regarded. Shane Battier of national champion Duke is 
> one of the top players coming out of the college ranks. 
> 
> Right away, however, indications were that the Wizards would trade the pick. 
> 
> Jordan, who also is considering a comeback as a player, has said he would be 
> reluctant to select a high school senior or a player with little college 
> experience. That would appear to eliminate all the top prospects except 
> Battier. 
> 
> "Now we have an opportunity to exercise some trades, obviously,'' said 
> assistant general manager Rod Higgins, who represented the Wizards at the 
> lottery ceremony. "There's not a Patrick Ewing; there's not a Shaquille 
> O'Neal.'' 
> 
> The Wizards, who haven't won a playoff game in 13 years, had never moved up 
> on lottery day before Sunday. One year, 1993, they dropped the maximum three 
> slots and chose sixth despite having the third-worst record the season 
> before. 
> 
> The Nets beat the odds to win last year's lottery. They selected Cincinnati 
> forward Kenyon Martin with the top pick. 
> 
> AP-NY-05-20-01 1940EDT


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