RE: Baker

["Orion" <jlyell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Believe me stranger deals have happened. Would you have traded Jason
Williams for Mike Bibby?


Have any of Donald Sterling previous decisions ever made sense other then
the Brand deal? Almost all the talent he has drafted in the past 10 years
has moved on with little to show. The same will happen in the next 2 years
with odom and Darius Miles. Sterling will not pay multiple players the max
in multi-year deals.  I think they have made the playoffs one year that I
recall. Elton Brand is their franchise player, and they drafted 2 players
that play the same position. Why? Trade value.


He already balked at making moves to get Andre Miller and Baron Davis due to
their long-term nature, both of which would have made them much better.

Both Wilcox and Jaric are prospects as you mentioned. They could turn into a
Ben Wallace and Predrag Stojakovic, or just as easily a Chris Washburn, Sam
Bowie, Jerome Moiso, Harold Minor, Bo Kimball, etc. Thats where talent
evaluation comes into play.

Its a crap shoot plain and simple. Anderson gives him an out after this
year, or the ability to negotiate a reasonably priced deal next year. Last I
had heard Kenny still lived in L.A. Battie or V give them a reasonably
priced replacement at the 5 spot if they can not sign Olowkandi.

If you don't make an offer, it isn't going to happen. I don't know about
you, but signing the likes of Bremer, Sundov, Oliver the big "Oh my God"
Miller, don't get me real excited. Unless they add something my Direct
Ticket is cancelled. I don't want to see the product they have to offer, and
everyone should make them aware of this if they feel the same or little
change will occur.


John






-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
Alexander Wang
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 3:29 PM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Cc: fanmail@bostonceltics.com
Subject: RE: Baker


At 05:49 PM 7/21/2002, Orion wrote:
>Another option s still with the Clippers. Could we get Chris Wilcox and
>Marko Jaric in a deal for Anderson?

The answer to this question, before you ask it another ten times, is
NO. Just for a moment, try to think from the perspective of someone on
the Clippers side of this. Would you trade two young prospects, one of
whom you've just drafted, for an expensive over-the-hill point guard
with one year left on his contract? What does that get them? One year
of Kenny Anderson; if they wanted more years, they can just wait until
the offseason when he's a free agent.

I'm sorry, but all of these trades based on the idea that the Clippers will
be monumental idiots (which is arguable) and furthermore idiots that
want to take on expensive, mediocre players while giving up cheap
young talent (which is completely implausible), are a waste of time.

Alex
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