Forget Antonio Daniels . . . he's dealt to Portland

[CeltsSteve@xxxxxxx]

Interesting twist, though. Portland was interested in Jeff mcinnis. Do they
back away from him now?

And what is San Antonio going to do with 3 PGs all still under their Rookie
contracts? (Tony Parker, Speedy Claxton, and Erick Barkley?)  Hmmmmm.


<A HREF="http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/daniels_kerr_trade.html";>SPURS: Spurs
Deal Daniels, McCaskill, Smith to Blazers</A>
(http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/daniels_kerr_trade.html)


Steve Kerr To Make Second Run in S.A.
Spurs Deal Daniels, McCaskill, Smith to Blazers
Aug 5, 2002

The San Antonio Spurs today announced they have obtained Steve Kerr and Erick
Barkley from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Antonio Daniels, Amal
McCaskill and Charles Smith.

In addition the Spurs have regained their 2003 second round pick which had
been traded to the Blazers in July of 2001 as part of the Steve Smith-Derek
Anderson deal. The 6-3, 180-pound Kerr is a 14-year NBA veteran. He has won
four NBA Championships and was a member of the Spurs 1999 Championship team.
Kerr spent three seasons with the Spurs before being traded to Portland b
along with Derek Anderson and a 2003 second round pick b for Steve Smith on
July 25, 2001.

In his NBA career Kerr has played for Phoenix, Cleveland, Orlando, Chicago,
San Antonio and Portland. He is the NBAbs all-time career leader in
three-point field goal percentage b with a .459 (677-1475) mark. During the
2001-02 season Kerr averaged 4.1 points and 1.0 assist in 11.9 minutes in 65
games for the Blazers.

Barkley was selected by the Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2000 NBA
Draft, with the 28th overall pick, after playing two seasons at St. Johnbs
University. During the 2001-02 season he saw action in 19 games, averaging
3.1 points and 1.8 assists in 12.0 minutes per contest. The 6-1, 185-pound
Barkley is 24 years old.
CeltsSteve