re: Sam Smith on dealing Pierce

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Pierce available, I sincerely doubt it and Ainge wouldn't trade 
him now any ways.  I think Sam is throwing stuff against the wall 
and hoping it reverberates with a few gullible knuckleheads.

Besides, now is not the time to deal Pierce - that you do before
the draft, to a team that has a high draft choice, but doesn't want to
spend the 3 or 4 years needed to develop the high-schooler
or International player.  
Ray

> ** Original Subject: Sam Smith on dealing Pierce
> ** Original Sender: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ** Original Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 08:12:31 -0800 (PST)

> Not much here. Just a writer throwing a question out there. I wonder who
> the "insiders" are? Pierce hasn't seemed upset by everything.
> 
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> 
> Mark
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> Celtic slide: Will the Celtics trade Pierce? That's the question in
> Boston these days as general manager Danny Ainge has blown up the team
> and a coaching staff that had the Celtics in the conference finals in
> 2002. Pierce has remained quiet, but insiders say he's seething and
> could demand a trade if fortunes continue to wane. There would be plenty
> of takers. The Celtics are here to play the Bulls on Thursday, and that
> marks the end of the team's waiting period on Vin Baker. If he isn't
> cleared to play by then--and his agent claims he's ready--the Celtics
> would be in position to void the last two years of his contract at
> approximately $30 million.

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