RE: smoke and trades

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I don't think the Warriors would give up Smith so cheap.  I would give =
them Brown or Barros, Billups & even McCarty to get Smith & B.J. =
Armstrong.  Armstrong would give us some point leader ship we need.  We =
have big needs for a real point & some consistent outside shooting.  =
2-17 on 3's ?  That's pitiful. Why did Bowen sit last night so much ?=20

How about a 4 way  ? Billups & Jones to Philly,  Stackhouse & Declercq  =
to Sacramento,  Richmond to L.A.,  and Weatherspoon, Hurley & Eddie =
Jones to Boston ?


I still think Jones, Mercer, Bowen, Walker, & Knight would be a pretty =
athletic starting five.  Even though Jones has not played the point I =
think his ball handling and floor leadership skills are definitely good =
enough.


 We have the same problem we had last year when Wesley was out, no real =
point.  We need to lose Brown, Barros Minor & Ellison if possible.  I =
still would also move Ellison and Brown  or Barros for Terry Porter and =
Stanley Roberts.  He is in the last year of his contract I believe.  I =
have mixed feelings on a Billups for Nash straight up move, maybe =
Billups. Barros & Jones  for Nash & Ceballos ? =20




From:	smishra [SMTP:smishra@ix.netcom.com]
Sent:	Saturday, November 08, 1997 8:47 AM
To:	damekmo@teleport.com; celtics@igtc.COM
Subject:	Re: smoke and trades

I prefer the Warriors deal though, Joe Smith is a scoring forward who =
can
play both at both the 3 and 4 positions pretty well. If he can bring his
game to his rookie year level he will be a steal. I see the following =
five
player deal making sense:

Billups + Jones + Thomas <-> Smith + Delk

The deal helps us in getting rid of some players aquired in the knicks =
trade
and also helps the warriors who get some pretty atheletic players in
addition to Billups. - MIshra


- -----Original Message-----
From: damekmo@teleport.com <damekmo@teleport.com>



>Where there's smoke, and seemingly lots of it, there's probably a =
Celtics
>trade coming up. After reading the Globe this morning it certainly =
seems
>like Billups is going soon. Steve Nash? I forget where I read it, I =
think
>on the CBS Sportsline site, but apparently after the loss to Miami Tim
>Hardaway took Billups aside and told him to stay positive. Hardaway =
told
>Billups that after watching him on film he knows Billups can play. I =
hope
>this trade, if it happens, doesn't come back to haunt them. It =
certainly
>would be a shame if Billups goes to some other team and becomes a star. =
Oh
>well. You certainly can't say Pitino's "asleep at the wheel."
>
>Paul M
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