RE: Chad Ford: Corliss Williamson Celtics

["John Lyell" <jlyell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Williamson doesn't provide much Hunter doesn't IMO.

I like the knick moves getting Mohammed and Thomas, and have heard they are
after baker.

Utah and Denver supposedly 2 teams freeing up cap room for Kobe

We should take a shot at;

Rodney White
Ronald Murray
Brent Barry or Jamal Crawford
Al Harrington
Dampier or Foyle and Van Exel





Here is an interesting one we should be all over moving Ricky Davis and
expiring contracts for:

"But the question is, did the Knicks move too soon? The Hawks, trying to cut
payroll and rebuild with new ownership coming in, were widely rumored to be
eagerly shopping former All-Star Rasheed Wallace, whom they acquired in a
trade last week. They reportedly don't want the troublesome Wallace suiting
up in Atlanta. While he can be an embarrassment, he is a two-time All-Star,
and three years ago he was the best player on a team that came within a
jumper of a championship. Wallace is a versatile big man, a scorer who could
be a major influence on a team in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks,
sources say, were one of five teams pushing to deal for Wallace, along with
the Rockets, Spurs, Mavericks and 76ers, who are trying to save their season
and would like to get in the hunt for Wallace, a Philadelphia native. A
league loophole allows him to be dealt again this season. The Mavericks'
offer includes Antawn Jamison, and the Spurs would give up a package
centered around Rasho Nesterovic. It's not clear what Houston might part
with, maybe Kelvin Cato and Cuttino Mobley, but not Steve Francis." Chicago
Tribune








-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Josh Ozersky
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:11 AM
To: Way Of The Ray; celtics@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Chad Ford: Corliss Williamson Celtics


Radmonivic is available?  Sounds like Barry and he
will be in Ainge's crosshairs to me.  I don't buy this
Corliss Williamson business.  Not Ainge's kind of guy,
esp. as he's not forcing Carroll, as I would, to play
Hunter.

Man, Carroll is such a disaster.  The thing with him, is
he's not even the lead assistant.  Lester Conner is...I wonder
how that went down.  What can Ainge be thinking in letting
Carroll continue?  It's not even a matter of making the playoffs.
If Ainge lets this get to an ML-like atmosphere, with young
impressionable players who have never won and never played
defense, everything will be lost from the last few years.  Obie
was an awful coach, but the one thing he did was get guys to
play D...it's just so frustrating to me.  A few tweaks and the Obie
team could have dominated the East.  It would have been so
easy, even with the gimmick defense and the three pointers.
We saw glimpses of it early this season.  Damn Obie's eyeballs
for being so stubborn.

Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:24 AM
Subject: Chad Ford: Corliss Williamson Celtics


> (Confusingly written and not the trade I expect from Ainge.
> Does Chad mean the Dallas pick? )
>
> Around the league
> GMs were busy here in Los Angeles. Only one trade was actually finalized
here, but several others are in the works. It appears that many GMs,
especially in the East, are now feeling pressure to respond to Thomas'
moves. The Knicks are now a force to be reckoned with and a few teams are
going to have to get their act together if they're going to keep up. Here's
the buzz from L.A. over the weekend.
>
> Rasheed Wallace
> Small Forward
> Atlanta Hawks
> Profile
>
>
> 2003-2004 SEASON STATISTICS
> GM PPG RPG APG FG% FT%
> 45 17.0 6.6 2.5 .442 .742
>
>
> One more theory why the Knicks traded Van Horn is worth investigating. Two
sources at the All-Star Game Sunday night told Insider it was also a move to
clear the way for Rasheed Wallace this summer. According to the sources, the
Knicks are far and away Wallace's desired final destination -- even if he
has to take the five million mid-level exception to get there. The Knicks
will try to work out a sign and trade with Atlanta this summer, but if that
falls through . . . expect Wallace to become the final piece of Thomas'
puzzle anyway this summer.
>
> Pistons GM Joe Dumars may be the most motivated GM left to make a deal.
The Pistons have to clear around four to five million in cap space to have
enough room to re-sign restricted free agent Mehmet Okur this summer. There
were numerous theories flying around L.A. speculating what Dumars would do.
> The three most popular had him moving Corliss Williamson to Chicago for
Marcus Fizer and Kendall Gill; trading Williamson to Boston for Chris Mills
and a Pistons' first-rounder; and Chucky Atkins to Orlando for Tyronn Lue
and Gordan Giricek. Of the three, you've got to believe that the Orlando
scenario is the most attractive to Detroit.
> The Sonics were happy to see that Ronald Murray could still drop 20 points
in game -- albeit in the defenseless NBA Rookie Challenge. It appears that
the team is now serious about making a move using Murray as the bait. With
Ray Allen the permanent fixture at the two and Antonio Daniels and Luke
Ridnour the future at the point -- Murray is expendable and he's got a ton
of trade value. The same holds true for Yugoslavian Vladimir Radmanovic, who
never has appeared to play up to his potential in Seattle. The team already
tried to package the two, along with one of their struggling centers and the
expiring contract of Brent Barry to Atlanta.
> The Hawks decided to make a deal with the Blazers instead. That may be a
mistake in the long run if the Hawks can't turn their $20 million in cap
room into a real free agent. The Sonics obviously want a big in return. Is
anyone else willing to play let's make a deal? The Mavs would do something
in a heartbeat, but the Sonics are reluctant to take back either Antoine
Walker or Antawn Jamison -- both of whom (especially Walker) were being
shopped hard by the Mavs over the weekend.
>
>
> There's so much talk about an Aaron McKie-for-Jerome Williams swap, and it
looks like it's bound to happen. Williams' critical comments toward his tea