Re: It's very sad but ...

[Eggcentric@xxxxxxx]

< Egg, you really think "that piece of crap" Pierce is on the block? 
I know you and i may have different feelings about Danny, but, if 
he can get what he got for Twan (whom I feel was the most 
overrated player in the NBA without question), what gaggle of 
folks will be coming to Boston in this trade?> -Lappy

Good morning, Lappy,

I miss our pleasant banter back in the good old pre-Ainge days 
when posters were so much looser and you and I seemed always 
to be on the same page.  

So which team did you finally bet on?  Does UConn beating the 
spread mean that all those oily, zoot-suit pit bosses will be 
unable to afford their mistresses now?  What will this do to 
the GNP (gross national product)?  Can't even buy a piece of
plywood here now under $5 per square inch as 99% of it 
is being shipped to Iraq via Halliburton at $10 per square inch.  

Who called Pierce "that piece of crap?" Certainly not you or me.
But then we are not the Celt's Director of Operations.

To answer your question, I have no idea what gaggle of folks 
will be coming to Boston; I just know who Danny wants out of 
Boston.  As usual, he is looking everywhere with a firmer grasp 
of what dissenters he wants to rid our team of rather than who 
he wants to add in their place.  

Name an available starting Center or PF, no matter his style, 
and you can be assured Danny is in the hunt for him.  Rumor also 
has it that Danny is dangling Pierce in the Kobe hunt, and that he 
has only been offered the #1 and Grant Hill's contract for Pierce 
and our Detroit pick assuming that Orlando comes up lucky with 
the #1. Orlando already has Howard and Gooden at PF so 
will most certainly trade their Okafor pick... hopefully not to 
us for Pierce.
  
Such idle speculation on what moves Ainge can and will make 
is nothing but wasted list space until 
1) The BAKER case is settled
2) The LOTTERY is held and we see what teams end up with
the first three picks.

Meanwhile, rumor has it that Baker is apparently at it again
which just might stave off our planned negotiated buyout. 
After all, why do a compromise buyout if Baker himself 
is now forcing the Arb's final Magna Carta to be in our favor? 

Egg