Comments On First Antoine Trade Proposal

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- Tis a great deal.

- Needs a wee bit of salary cap reworking, as the 
Knicks either have to have a large ($9 M.) trade exception or 
have to send some major cap crap Celtics way.

- What flexibility.

- Four first-rounders is a draftnick's dream, 
but a Jim O' Brien nervous breakdown.

- What future maneuvers could result!  Taking a couple
of Europeans and stashing them away for the future;
Packaging the picks to move up in the draft; Trading
the picks along with present Celtics for quality veterans;
packaging a couple of the picks for future first-rounders,
perhaps only lottery protected for the first 3 - 5).

- Drafting Pavlovic at 12, Cook at 14, Carbokapa at 16,
Banks at 20, and Walton at 30.

- Drafting Sweetney at 12, Carbokapa at 14, Pavlovic at 16,
Banks at 20, Syzmond from Poland at 30.

- Trading picks 12, 16, and 30 to the Clippers for number
6 and selecting Lampe, who's viewed as a center by the way, 
and expected to grow a couple more inches - could be 7-2.
Then drafting Pavlovic at 14 and Banks at 20.
 
Ray