re: Re: It Will Be A Great Off-Season For Ainge If

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> A couple of problems here.  First, why trade for Barry if you could just sign 
> him? Davis is already at the MLE salary level so Barry would have to be also. 
> But I assume you are saving the MLE for Nocioni.

There ya go.

 But then again you assuming 
> Barry also will sign for the MLE level. Why wouldn't he go somewhere else and 
> pick the MLE from them?

Well, it doesn't have to be Davis alone. It's just the idea of trading for Barry, 
rather than using the MLE on him.

 Also, why do you think Danny could ink Nocioni instead 
> of any other team?

I'll give you $5.1 million reasons why. 

 What is the link between the Cs and Nocioni? If Nocioni is 
> that good and things were able to work that way, it sounds like a decent 
> plan. However, we aren't going to use first pick for a point guard....
> 

I don't know if there's a link, I do know, he has a chance to be a terrific player in the
NBA and probably one of the best free agents available in terms of talent for price. 

Franchise PG: Always worth a trade up.
Ray

> DJessen33
> 
> << - He signs the Argentinian/Italian Vince Carter-like SF Andre Nocioni as a 
> free agent.
>  
>  A Star could be born in the NBA, if Ainge can ink Nocioni, a great athlete
>  who can score, rebound, and pass from the small forward position
>  and shoots the 3-ball at 40 percent.
>  
>  - Trades Ricky Davis for Brent Barry.
>  
>  Right! With the Star-to-be Nocioni, Pierce, and Jiri, there's no need 
>  for Ricky Davis, so you can ship him off to Seattle for Barry in a 
> sign-and-trade.
>  
>  Barry - Pierce - Nocioni - LaFrentz - Mihm ~ Not bad at all!
>  
>  - Maneuvers the Celtics into position to draft the Isiah-like Sebastian 
> Telfair and 
>  a PF type such as Chris Taft, Uros Slokar, LaMarcus Aldridge, Randolph 
> Morris,
>  etc.
>  
>  Ye gods, exactly. Telfair has that Isiah PG-Magic to him. He's sneaky evil
>  and a pure PG, who if it weren't for the destructive Atkins trade, the 
> Celtics 
>  would be in perfect position to draft him. Instead, now they're going to 
> have 
>  to trade up.  
>  
>  They can nab a lanky  PF prospect with their second or third first-rounder:
>  Slokar - Morris - Turiaf - Torrin Francis (though his offense is very raw),
>  Dusan Sakota, Varejao, or Al Jefferson, who's not lanky but a great 
>  scorer/rebounder.  
>  
>  Ray >>

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