Re: Get Oakley!

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

I used to like Charles and thought he could provide the nasty we need but he
has looked pretty terrible the last 2 years . I am not sure he bring us much
any more.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>; <celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:09 AM
Subject: Get Oakley!


> The Chicago Tribune says Oakley is very much available. His contract
expires
> after this season.
>
> For Pete's sake, Wallace, do something...
>
> Here's the summary, from RealGM:
>
> While the Chicago  <http://bulls.realgm.com>  <http://bulls.realgm.com>
> Bulls <http://bulls.realgm.com>  celebrated their season sweep of the
World
> Champion Los Angeles  <http://lakers.realgm.com>
<http://lakers.realgm.com>
> Lakers <http://lakers.realgm.com>  at the Staple Center yesterday, there
was
> one player that stood, wondering where his future lies in the NBA. Charles
> Oakley <http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile.php?playerid=488> , the
> workhorse role model brought in during the offseason by number one fan
Jerry
> Krause has seen his minutes dwindle before being oust from the starting
> lineup by rookie high schooler Tyson Chandler
> <http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile.php?playerid=101> , who has not only
> given the  <http://bulls.realgm.com> Bulls <http://bulls.realgm.com>
energy
> they so sorely needed but has also given them the defensive spark they
were
> lacking.
>
> "I'm probably best suited for a veteran team," Oakley said, sitting out
his
> third game in succession a wrist injury.
>
> Krause has told Oakley that he has tried to trade him after Oakley has
made
> it clear that he does not fit in this  <http://bulls.realgm.com> Bulls
> <http://bulls.realgm.com>  team, but he stated that his salary of $7.3
> million this season makes that a difficult task.
>
> Oakley may still get his opportunity to move on, perhaps even into the
> playoffs, the Chicago Tribune reporting that management have discussed the
> possibility of releasing Oakley outright and eating, according to a team
> source. This would have to be completed before March 1 or Chicago will
face
> a similar scenario they had with John Starks
> <http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile.php?playerid=336> . Starks was
> released on his will by the  <http://bulls.realgm.com> Bulls
> <http://bulls.realgm.com>  three weeks after the deadline, which meant he
> could not qualify for playoff action.