Re: Shammond..

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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : Cecil.Wright@JUSTICE.GC.CA, Celtics@igtc.com
> Cc      : 
> Date    : Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:55:21 EST
> Subject : Re: Shammond..
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> In a message dated 1/21/03 4:37:10 PM, 
Cecil.Wright@JUSTICE.GC.CA writes:
> 
> << Besides, if we are gonna
> 
> deal him, it may be to our advantage to wait and see 
who is trying to make a
> 
> playoff run, is hit with the injury bug or wants to 
dump salary later in the
> 
> year. >>
> 
> Cecil - Good idea to hold off on Shammond till we make 
sure Delk is healthy 
> and Bremer is real.  I understand lots of teams would 
like to dump salary, but
> are WE willing to add an additional $2 mill next season 
for Shammond's 
> trade replacement?  The new owners may just prefer to 
dump his $2 mill salary 
> at the end of this season.
> 
> Eggy
> 


Yes Cecil, made lots of good points about Shammond that I 
agree with. And there is still time before the trade 
deadline. Let's see what Shammond can do.

I do think Boston's bench scoring deficit (and 
rebounding) may be our downfall in the playoffs, unless 
we address it by picking up a veteran off the bench like 
we did with Rogers/Delk last year.

Its fairly rare to have a tradeable commodity who isn't 
even part of the rotation right now. That's what Shammond 
is right now (third string on the depth chart). 

Nothing against him, but he's possibly more valuable in 
trade than he is to our playoff chances. I hope I live to 
eat my words, of course....

Because Boston is capped out through the life of Baker's 
contract, the only way to add veteran depth is through 
trades of this genre.

But Egg makes a great point. Why would the owner's add a 
contract for an expiring one (unless it could translate 
into a run to the Finals)?

The Celtics already have a 53 million payroll with just 
7  guys under contract next summer. 

We'll see how this plays out. Boston will probably be 
over the luxury threshold anyway, once the two first 
rounders are signed.

I do think Boston is one dependable, night-in-night-out 
10ppg bench scorer or rebounding machine away from having 
a real chance in the playoffs.

If we could get the equivalent production that Rodney 
Rogers gave us last Spring, we'll have ourselves a 
serious contender overnight.

We've got two "rookies" who are starting to produce, and 
who might not hurt this veteran team on defense. Waltah 
is having his best season as a pro, with prudent shot 
selection and rarely making brain lock plays out there 
these days.

You add another veteran scorer/rebounder to a playoff 
bench that might already have Tony Delk and a resurgent 
Vin Baker (plus Kedrick Brown), I think we can actually 
neutralize the bench firepower of NJ and Indiana.

If Chris Wallace can pull something off, he'll save his 
job in my eyes despite the Vin Baker fiasco.
 
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