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Re: Mike James, Best??



At 04:53 PM 7/29/2003 -0400, Bos3332@xxxxxxx wrote:
I have been on vacation and was wondering what here? I thought we had signed
Travis best and now I find out we have signed Mike James?  What is the story
on James was he a better pick-up? Best still in the picture?

The report of a Best signing was premature. Best wanted more money than Danny was willing to give - around the 1.4M he got last season vs the veteran's minimum Danny was offering. And while it might seem that Danny was awfully quick to turn elsewhere (also, there was an article suggesting James may have been Danny's primary target all along FWIW), I wouldn't underestimate the impact of people remembering what happened last summer when we waited on Best, he went elsewhere and we were stuck with no other real PG available.
Kim