Re: Chad Ford Talks Battie Trade

["Greg Odegaard" <grodeg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For anyone who thinks that even minor mistakes have been made with the
handling of the personnel on this team, bringing in Sheed would be the
biggest mistake ever made.  For those who don't live in the Portland market,
you don't read 1/10 the crap that we do out here.  Sheed was reported to
have pushed off a kid in a Hawaii airport this summer.  The reporting of
that event hasn't gone national but after his recent traffic event a few
weeks ago, and the fall out from the Damon pot event, Sheed is probably
worth less to the NBA than apparently Antoine was, and has the biggest boat
anchor contract to boot, regardless of how many years are left.

Bring Damon too and get a starting PG. Do a 3 way and get Spreewell, Rider
and bring Rodman back while you are at.  Reading stats and seeing ESPN
highlight reels doesn't always tell the story.  I am blown away that anyone
here with any cred, with all due respect, could imagine wanting Sheed.  Why
not get cheerleaders and change the uni color to black and white right now,
because the Green would be dead for all practical purposes.

I respect Danny, an Oregon guy, and even he isn't stupid enough to want
Sheed, given the basic reasons why he got rid of Walker.

Brainstorm all you want GM wannabees but you can do better than a deal
including Wallace.

Get back to work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kestutis Kveraga" <Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: Chad Ford Talks Battie Trade


> --- You wrote:
> (Ray's comments: Rasheed Wallace - that's who I would go after.  And why
> Rasheed you ask: Last year of his contract, terrific low post defender and
> scorer; would improve the team
> this season and future seasons; or you could let him walk and have a
sizeable
> cap cleavage. And why would the Blazers deal him?  Good question. New GM
> trying to restructure the team, create playing time for Seal of Approval
player
> Randolph,
> and Wallace like Walker, bit of a loose cannon, so to say. And do the
Celtics
> have
> the goods to get him?  Another good question. Perhaps, because like Walker
> he can depart the Blazers with no compensation realized. And the Blazers
do
> need a
> center, which the Celtics are currently overstocked.  )
> --- end of quote ---
>
> That presumes that Battie + Williams are worth more than Walker, as the
Blazers
> reportedly declined an offfer of Walker for 'Sheed. But it may well be so.
> Battie and Williams are both "underrated" players (meaning most fans don't
> appreciate them enough due to the lack of gaudy stats, but most GMs know
> better), with favorable contracts. I've always coveted 'Sheed, crazy as he
is,
> because he's an awesome talent.
>
> Although I like what Battie and EWill can do as players, I'd be in favor
of
> trading them for two reasons:
> 1) They're Obie's boyz, and at least one of them (EWill) is also a Toine
bosom
> buddy, so he may have been  (be?) part of the sedition Toine was trying to
> incite (as the papers said today).
> 2) Removal of those two gives more development time to Kendrick, Kedrick,
and
> other young kids.
>
> I don't care if we win 30 games this year, I want to see the young kids
> develop. It's much more important and interesting to me than watching the
> Pierce-Toine-EWill-McCarty-Battie struggle to win 40+ games and get
bounced in
> the playoffs would've been.
> Kestas