Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V11 #170

[Kim Malo <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:41 PM 4/2/2004, Michael Gooen wrote:
> Cecil asked:
> <<If that we to occur, is there anyone who would promote a trade of Paul
> Pierce and one of our number 1 picks for Vince Carter and their number
> 1?>>
>
> You mean anyone who'd promote that deal from Boston's side?  I suppose so,
> but you just said he's going to Toronto.  No one else is that stupid.
>
> I wouldn't even put together a package of valuable second-tier players for
> Carter.  He's injury-prone, a defensive liability, and needs to dominate
> the ball to be effective offensively. <snip>

Also, I may have issues with Pierce as a player and as a leader/captain but 
he's never given anyone - much less his own teammates - the slightest 
reason to publicly question his intestinal fortitude. While another issue 
with putting together a package of 2nd tier players for Carter is that once 
again you wipe out any shot at cap flexibility for a number of years, since 
he's signed a year beyond Piercer at max money vs the more readily turned 
over pieces we'd be giving up. And sorry, but another number 1 pick in a 
draft deep in possibilites who will take years to payoff, but not in sure 
things, doesn't thrill me. We've already got too many picks - adding that 
many immature, underdeveloped players, no matter how talented, gets counter 
productive after a certain point. They not only need development time of 
their own to see if they will pan out, they affect everyone else's development.

Kim