Re: OB wouldnt be down with 3 for 2 deal

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't make a move for a trade now unless it was big time in our favor
and where we going to get that?  We really don't know what we have at this
early point including the services of OB..things certainly look
promising...I was expecting the Kings to run us into the ground, didn't
happen...in fact even in our losses we have made serious runs back. Could we
be 6-0, yeeesssssssss. The re-birth of Baker and Blount is incredible..Banks
is no project, just needs some weaning...this all spells trouble for the
East...imagine a triple team on Baker.....since when???

DanF

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From: Subject: OB wouldnt be down with 3 for 2 deal


> Some analysis:
>
> OB considers Kedrick Brown and Eric Williams his two best defensive
players.
> Kedrick has put together excellent defensive games against Hamiliton,
Kittles
> and now Peja. Those guys are bonafide scorers... Plus he LOVES Eric
Williams.
>
> First of all if you actually watch Battier play you will see he is not a
> "younger Eric Williams". That's junk..they don't play the same kind of
game at
> all. Eric Williams is a post player who gets the opposition into foul
trouble.
> Battier is a perimeter player who takes good shots. Both play smart
defense but
> offensively they have nothing in common.
>
> Person is a very poor defender and like Battier a one dimensional jump
> shooter. He is actually even more one dimensional then Battier in this
regard. He is
> also bad on the glass.
>
> So if the Celtics made this trade -
> The would be giving up a decent big man - even if he is play like crap
right
> now..a SF with a more useful game who is currently outplaying Battier, and
a
> prospect who is playing as well as the "veteran" guy we are getting. This
is a
> bad trade.
>
> Eric Williams > Battier (Post guys are better then perimeter players)
> Kedrick + Battie > Person (A serviceable big and a prospect is a steal for
a
> old one dimensional shooter)
>
> This trade would go down has highway robbery in years to come. Its an
awful
> deal for the Celtics. Don't count on it happening - OB loves defense and
all
> three of those guys are good defenders. Papile and Wallace would never
sign off
> on it, and OB wouldn't like it. I suppose DA could push it through if he
> really wanted - but I don't see this deal as legit. Its hard to imagine it
going
> down. I think this rumour is nonsense.
>
> Pete