Re: Boston Sports Guy Weighs in on the Trade

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I think BSG is going way overboard, and that's something coming from me. 
LOL. Ainge had to ditch Walker. It was an untenable situation,
so he got the best he could for him. Don't blame Ainge on the Walker trade.

If you're going to criticize Ainge, do it on the latest deal, the Jones trade,
not using the Mid-Level, not ditching Obie before the season, not bringing
in a veteran PG, drafting Banks, etc.

There's plenty of areas that Ainge can be criticized, and not necessarily the ones
Simmons Mr Bill brings up.

As far as the upcoming draft goes, there's so many Euros/Brazilians/Chinese and
high-schoolers expected to be in it, that late first-rounders have more value
than in past drafts. Still, Ainge clearly didn't get enough for the last deal.
Ray

> ** Original Subject: Boston Sports Guy Weighs in on the Trade
> ** Original Sender: Sean Giovanello <sgiovanello@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ** Original Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:25:33 -0800 (PST)

> ** Original Message follows... 

>
> Thought I would forward this on in case any of his fans were on here.  
> At worst, its a "national" media perspective.  He posted this over at 
> Sons of Sam Horn.
> Sean
> 
> 
> 
> You know how CSI spun off "CSI: Miami" and the upcoming "CSI: New York"? 
> Could somebody create the Sons of Eric Fernstein or the Sons of Terry 
> Duerod or something? Please?
> 
> I think I'm going to have a nervous breakdown over what's happening with 
> the Celtics... I'm at a complete loss for words. This Chucky Atkins 
> trade was the dumbest, most inexplicable trade in the history of Boston 
> sports. In all my years, I can't remember a local team making a trade 
> that literally didn't make sense. We just traded a starting PG (James) 
> for a guy who isn't as good as him (Atkins), and also makes nine times 
> as much money, plus he has a contract that doesn't come off until 2006. 
> And we threw in Mills's contract, which many teams would have loved 
> since it expires after the season, and got NOTHING back for that. On the 
> bright side, we got what will likely be the #28 pick in the draft, plus 
> cash. Yippee!
> 
> On the heels of the Baker trade, the Walker trade (getting a guy back 
> with a bum knee who makes $10 million a year), and the immortal Ricky 
> Davis -- all horrible trades, but at least trades in which you could 
> understand why they happened, even if they were dumb, and the Davis one 
> maybe even wasn't that bad -- and now we have the first Boston trade 
> where they did something simply to help another team. "You want Rasheed 
> Wallace? here, we'll help you! Sure, we don't mind taking a bad contract 
> back! Good luck in the playoffs!"
> 
> And here's the kicker: We've had 13 straight years of dumb decisions -- 
> spread through a whopping five regimes -- save for the Montross-Walker 
> trade and picking Paul Pierce (a no-brainer). It's absolutely unbelievable.
> 
> Anyway, somebody please start a spinoff Celtics board so I have a place 
> to vent. This is craziness. Spring training needs to start right away. I 
> can't take it. I think I'm going to walk into traffic on Hollywood 
> Boulevard.
> 
> And yes, I know this belongs in the place for no-Red Sox threads, but I 
> couldn't remember the password.
> 
> Damn it all.
> 
> Chucky Atkins.
> 
> This is unbelievable.
> 
> Is this a special sports edition of Celebrity Mole, but with Danny Ainge?
> 
> I can't stop talking about this.
> 
> My God.

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