Croshere

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Incidentally, I believe Croshere's contract runs through 
2007, at over 7 million dollars per year.

FWIW, this trade may imply:
1) losing Rodney Rogers for lux tax reasons
2) also losing the cap room to bid "a la carte" from the 
2003 FA pool for a better fit, timed with Kenny's release 
or paycut
3) possibly weakening the team's defensive performance, 
which was the main discernible difference between last 
season and previous ones. 
4) adding without great cost a possible ten year starter 
in Tinsley, joining a young core of starters or potential 
starters (Kedrick) at all five positions.

Naturally, Boston could have had Tinsley in the first 
place without the burden of Croshere's salary. And should 
this trade go through, Joe Forte heads toward 
Michael "The Vegetable" Smith status in terms of Auerbach-
influenced draft blunders.

I'm glass-half-full as far as Chris Wallace's impact on 
this team, specifically in light of all the bad trades 
that never happened thanks to him (anything involving 
Antoine). Not to mention the 57 wins last year.

But looking at the latest Dream Team roster, I did note 
that Boston could have easily shown up with 1/3rd of the 
roster:

1) Paul Pierce
2) Andre Miller or Shawn Marion (Potapenko trade)
3) Ben Wallace (invited to camp but released by Pitino)
4) Jermaine O'Neil (for last year's three first rounders)

That's in addition to Antoine Walker, of course.

What's past is past, but adding Ben Wallace alone IMO 
could put Boston in the finals every year through this 
decade. Imagine having the leading rebounder and shot 
blocker on next year's team. He's one of the guys I most 
admire in the NBA.

So merci buckets, Rick Pitino for cutting Wallace in 
favor of Eric Riley (or was it Duh-wayne Shintzius?). 

Joe H.
 

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