Re: Baron Davis

["Orion" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

I agree he has a lot of trade value, but since he is an FA that diminishes
it and makes it more risky as Charlotte learned with Eddie Jones I would
hope Mr. Pierce could sell the Baron on becoming a Celtic. They might take
Kenny because he has an expiring contract that could give a lot of cap room.


----- Original Message -----
From: <Georgek27@AOL.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: Baron Davis


> In a message dated 2/5/2002 11:38:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> johnlyell@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > I would still like to see us go after Baron Davis, he could change us
like
> > Kidd has NewJersey. If he is going to bail at year end, and the draft is
> > deep in points couldn't it  make sense for them to move him say for an
> > Anderson and say a draft pick? then they have a pick to take a point and
> > add
> > another player they have missed since Eddie Jones bailed.  Adding Davis,
a
> > proven penetrating point guard, would open up Paul and Antoine's game
> > immensely.
> >
>
> Davis becomes a FA after next season if he's not resigned. I would make
your
> suggested trade in a heartbeat but I think the only way Charlotte would
make
> that trade was if they laughed themselves silly first (unless we crash and
> burn and then win the lottery). Davis would have an awful lot of value on
the
> trade market. We would have to begin negotiations by offering all our
rookies
> and that doesn't seem like enough. Other than Pierce or Walker, what do we
> have that Charlotte would even want? Why would they take Kenny back? They
> replaced him with Wesley several years ago and Wesley is still there. The
big
> problem in trading for Davis is also the salary cap since his current
salary
> is only about $2.4 million so it's difficult to compensate Charlotte until
it
> becomes time for a sign & trade. Davis is going to get a max contract so
even
> if we were able to somehow pull this off personnel wise someone would
still
> have to persuade Gaston to take on a third max contract. Davis certainly
is
> an intriguing player but he just seems to be out of our reach.
>
> George