Re: The steal of the century?

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

I agree, it is definitely worth putting it on the table.  If we could pull
that one off I would give Wallace & Co the thumbs up on this one. Re-uniting
La Frentz & Pierce could be interesting, and this would definitely be an
upgrade for us at little cost. The Van Exel contract could be the sticking
issue. They want the cap room for some reason?

Having Lafrentz and Battie in the low post would create some problems
against more physical teams. Battie got thrown around like a doll last night
by Jerome James and Pedrag Drobjnak.


John


----- Original Message -----
From: <gh18@juno.com>
To: <johnlyell@hotmail.com>
Cc: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: The steal of the century?


> Denver is desperate.  Lafrenz will not resign with Denver, Van Exel wants
> out, and Denver is afraid to see them leave without getting some
> compensation.  Denver has contacted the Celtics for a straight up trade
> for Kenny.  Why not go for Lafrenz in a trade for Vitaly and Russel.
> Denver might bite on this trade.  This would be a tremendous upgrade for
> the Celtics.
>
> > mediocre
> > players when they are probably getting better offers from NY &
> > others,
> > unless they have short contracts that would give them cap room, but
> > as
> > someone else mentioned Chicago had a ton of cap room and ended up
> > overpaying
> > Eddie Robinson & Mercer. I don't see Denver being a magnet for any
> > big
> > names.
> >
> >
> > How about Walker to Charlotte for Baron Davis and Lee Nailon?  Davis
> > will be
> > in the league of Kidd, Payton and Stockton if he is not already. I
> > would
> > swap Walker for Davis if the salaries matched. As far as a 4
> > shooting 3's ,
> > I never said this was a bad thing, definitely there are only a few
> > who can,
> > but when you live out there it really disrupts any type of inside
> > outside
> > game the good teams like LA, Sacramento and the Celtics of old had.
> >
> > We really need the help down low, an Elton Brand type blue collar
> > worker.
> > Too bad we missed out on him.
> >
> > I think Antoine could easily be this type of player, but seems to
> > have
> > trouble down low, and does not have a good low post touch or use the
> > glass
> > to his advantage like Duncan. He needs Mchale's old up and under
> > move.
> >
> >
> > John
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <gh18@juno.com>
> > To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 5:22 PM
> > Subject: The steal of the century?
> >
> >
> > > McCarty, Brown, and pick to Utah for Byron Russell
> > >
> > > Byron Russell, Vitaly, and Kenny to Denver for Raef Lafrenz and
> > Nick the
> > > quick.  Utah and Denver will make this happen, will the Celtics?
> > >
> > > Nick          Point Guard
> > > Pierce       Two Guard
> > > Walker -   Point Forward
> > > Lafrenz - Inside scorer, rebounder, and low post defender
> > > Battie    - 6 "11" athlete
> > >
> > > This could happen.  However, it is up to Wallace and Gaston!
> > >
> > > Greg
> > > gh18@juno.com
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