re: Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Talking trade / The small talk is wearing thin

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hope all you want, but since it's a cap deal essentially, Phoenix in lieu of the
draft pick, is absorbing the extra years in Battie's contract,. as compared to
Knight's. To be sporting however, they should toss in a couple of twos.
Ray


> ** Original Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Talking trade / The small talk is wearing thin
> ** Original Sender: Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx
> ** Original Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:12:35 -0800 (PST)


> "Might be here?" I think the deal is done.
> 
> This is the second printing of this for the second day this one is dated 
> today. Note the comment that still has to play like he MIGHT still be here. I 
> think the agents already know the deal is down and the players know. Knight can't 
> be traded until the 30th. If he doesn't play tomorrow night, that would be 
> further evidence. If Battie doesn't play on Wednesday, it will be for sure. But I 
> just hope that it includes a no. 1....
> 
> DJessen33
> 
> <As the Suns quit talking small, there was ongoing speculation that they were 
> continuing to talk about getting bigger.
> 
> The latest possibility has playmaker Brevin Knight headed to Boston for 
> 6-foot-11, 240-pound Tony Battie, a six-year veteran who averaged 7.3 points, 6.5 
> rebounds and 1.2 blocks last season.
> 
> Phoenix had been seen as just a way station for Knight when the Suns acquired 
> him, Robert Archibald and Cezary Trybanski on Sept. 30 from Memphis for Bo 
> Outlaw and Jake Tsakalidis.
> 
> "But Brevin has got to play as though he might still be here," Johnson said.>

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