Re: Frank Hughes

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

Ouch! But I agree.   A lot of GM's unfortunately  not doing what they are
paid to. How do you end up with such a job?

I wish we could have gotten Jackson for V or Battie. He is better suited for
the low post then either. You would have thought they could have gotten more
than Garrett.

John








----- Original Message -----
From: "Francis Hsu" <francis@ai.mit.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Frank Hughes


> Has anyone read the article by Frank Hughes on the trades, while slamming
> some of the GMs involved?  Good stuff.
>
> http://espn.go.com/nba/columns/hughes/1338618.html
>
> excerpts below
>
> The Suns' move to ship two of their top four scorers to Boston for a
> bag of baked beans made sense only if they were going to couple that
> with another deal -- which several sources said was supposed to be the
> case, ironically, for Golden State's Marc Jackson.
>
> But the fact that the Suns traded away Jason Kidd to make this team
> more exciting and appealing for the fans, then took on the contract of
> Bo Outlaw to make a push for the playoffs, then a few weeks later
> decided that, OK, Outlaw was not such a good idea and this team is not
> even going to make it to the playoffs, then to give up altogether, is,
> shall we say, suspect decision-making.
>
> But not as suspect as St. Jean, who, I'm guessing, will be scouting
> players somewhere in the lower panhandle of Asia Minor next season,
> looking for the next great overseas jump shot.
>
> He matched Houston's offer to Marc Jackson because he considered
> Jackson an asset, messing up the chemistry of his locker room; then he
> pulled out of a trade with Phoenix for Jackson that would have netted
> him a first-round pick (an asset) because that pick was not lottery
> protected; then he ended up with Dean Garrett (not an asset) and a
> second-round pick (not an asset) in 2007 -- which is around the time
> the NBA says it is expanding to Europe, a perfect time for St. Jean to
> conclude his scouting trip in Asia Minor and apply for a job with the
> Milan Catwalkers.
>
> Compared to those two debacles, Kiki is Harvey Kissinger.
> [...]
> I'm no math major, but here is what the Nuggets will have as they head
> into the summer of 2003.
>
> The only players they will have under contract is whomever the two
> first-round picks turn out to be this year. James Posey, assuming they
> pick up the option on that contract. And nobody else. Which means they
> will have somewhere between $40 million and $50 million in cap space.
>
> Here is the list of free agents that summer: Jason Kidd, Tim Duncan,
> Gary Payton, Karl Malone, Jermaine O'Neal, Elden Campbell, Clifford
> Robinson, Juwan Howard, Donyell Marshall, Brad Miller, Reggie Miller,
> Alonzo Mourning, Chauncey Billups, Derrick Coleman, Dale Davis,
> Antonio Daniels and David Robinson. And this list does not include
> restricted free agents like Baron Davis, Andre Miller, Elton Brand and
> Wally Szczerbiak.