Fantastic trade for the Hawks

[mark at 10thumbs.org]

Bibby may not be the player he once was, but he'll surely add a veteran
presence to a still young team.

More impotantly, I hope that we're able to get our hands on either Tyronn
Lue or Anthony Johnson from the Kings... Sadly though we have just about
nothing to trade:  SAC won't want Scal's remaining years, Tony Allen,
Powe, and Davis are playing too good to move for a backup PG.

However -- Scal + 2nd round pick + $3M might be enough to get it done (and
might be a little overpaying, but Lue and KG are friends so it would
probably help chemistry even more).

In fact it's too bad there's just about no way we could add Brad Miller --
i'd love to add him to this team, and i"m sure SAC would love to dump his
salary.


(the other) mark

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Bibby never could lead some good Sacrmento team's far, so only time will
tell on this one. He isn't what he used to be.


----- Original Message ----
From: Eric Albert <Eric at ericalbert.net>
To: Celtics at igtc.com
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 3:29:09 PM
Subject: Re: Fantastic trade for the Hawks


>Peter Delevett <pdelevett at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Don't look now, but Atlanta just took a serious step
>up in the playoff race:
>
>. . .
>
>Bibby missed the start of the season with a thumb
>injury but is averaging 13.5 points and 5.0 assists in
>15 games.
>
>So essentially, the Hawks are getting a top-10 caliber
>PG . . .
>
>Pressure's really gotta be mounting for Ainge to make
>some kind of move. Even with the best record in the
>league, the competition is getting better.

This is the 21-28 Hawks? Bibby's going to make them
competitive with the 41-9 Celtics?

Bibby plays almost exactly the same number of minutes
as Rondo, and Rondo has superior stats in almost every
category. Plus, Rondo is getting better almost daily. If
Bibby is top-10, what does that make Rondo?

-- Eric