RE: New Charlotte Team

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : Celtics@igtc.com
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> Date    : Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:20:42 +0800
> Subject : RE: New Charlotte Team
> 
> Just saw that Johnson got the Charlotte franchise and
> something clicked in me. I just realised why the Celtics
> have insisted on only a maximum of 12 players on the
> roster. Because of the expansion only eight players per
> team can b protected during the expansion draft. 
> 
> With only 12 players it means that Obie wont get into 
> the situation whereby he will need to lose sleep on
> who to protect and who not to. In fact it also makes it
> easier for him to 'cut' players that don't perform this
> season. I also have this sneaking feeling that Vinnie 
> Baker is not gonna be protected
> 
> 

In fact, the Celtics will only have 7 players under 
contract, and one of them is Vin Baker. There's no way 
Baker will "need" to be protected, because his contract 
is so bad. 

The question is what to do with the free agent situation 
with Shammond and Waltah, and to a lesser degree Sundov 
and Bremer.

But as it pertains to those guys, I can only see the 
latter two considering a change of scenery to an 
expansion club.

And that's chump change compared to other teams that have 
stashed developmental lotto picks at the end of their 
rosters.  

One gets the sense that Michael Jordan will be part of 
the Charlotte braintrust, given his friendship with 
Johnson and his NC ties. It sort of came down to Bird 
versus Jordan. Its a shame for Bird. It sounded like he 
really wanted this.

We'll see how this plays out for Boston. Wyc's comments 
that he hopes to own the team by the February trading 
deadline hints that the Celtics are his toy, like the 
Mavs are Mark Cuban's toy. 

It seems unlikely he'd bring in Bird as an investor to 
usurp 100% of the thunder. If Air Wyc or Il Pagliaci even 
peeped a basketball-related trade suggestion, it would be 
difficult for Bird not to look at them like "shut up and 
don't open your mouth again". But maybe that's a 
pessimistic assumption on my part. I hope he's part of 
Boston's future. FWIW, I honestly think he'd be excellent 
at that job.



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