Re: Another Wallace special

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah to be blunt about it the Blount deal sucks, but we need more big
morons.

DanF


----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:40 PM
Subject: Another Wallace special


> I'm sure someone will argue "Nothing to get worked up about..." but it IS
> something to get worked up about. Once again we've traded the best player,
> with the most value (because of ability and expiring contract), and thrown
> in a second-round draft pick and cash, to get a guy who was totally inept
> while here for a full two seasons. Apparently this is a guy we HAD TO HAVE
> because Wallace's other hand-picked backup centers, Baker and Sundov, suck
> so completely that they feel Blount is an upgrade. Think about that for a
> second.
>
> Shammond Williams remained a player who had the potential to come into any
> game and pour in a quick 20 points. Was he consistent? No. Was he a guy
we'd
> resign after this season? I hope not. But for the remainder of this
season,
> he provided you with a sometimes explosive shooter and emergency point
guard
> off the bench. Is there any scenario where we can see Blount having that
> kind of impact? Grant Long is worlds better than Blount isn't he?
>
> What a bunch of morons.
>
> Mark