RE: Players who could be had cheap.

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

As far as total all around you are probably correct.  Don't forget =
Gugliotta for  Marshall, although Marshall is finally putting up some =
decent numbers this year last time I checked, but that was a different =
regime but as you say anything is possible.

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Shailendra K. Mishra [SMTP:skmishra@dlsun660.us.oracle.com]
Sent:	Friday, November 14, 1997 4:26 PM
To:	skmishra@dlsun660.us.oracle.com; celtics@igtc.COM; =
Jlyell@concentric.net
Subject:	RE: Players who could be had cheap.

I see Walker as a better player than Sprewell because he does more. =
Don't just=20
look at his shooting percentage and Sprewell isn't shaking the earth =
either in=20
terms of shooting percentage. Walker is averaging almost 10 rebounds, =
3.6=20
assists, 2 steals and 1 block while averaging the same number of points. =

Sprewell is shooting 40%, avraging 2.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists and a =
fraction=20
blocks. Now you tell me, who would you rather have?=20

Regarding what it would take to get Sprewell? Clearly under regular =
conditions=20
it would take a lot but with the current problems between Sprewell & PJ =
<and I=20
didn't complete the story, so here it is: following that incident PJ =
threw Spre=20
out of practice and benched him>. The warriors desperately want to trade =
him and=20
understand that in the light of the above nobody wants him at his kind =
of salary=20
<all this is not the figment of my imagination, it has been on the Bay =
area air=20
waves for a while now>.=20

In sacramento's case Rich may want out but he is still producing so they =
are in=20
no hurry to trade him and certainly will not will not swap Richmond for=20
Sprewell. Warriors would do that deal in a heart beat. They have a =
history of=20
doing bad deals: remember Seikally for Felton Spencer, Hardaway & =
Gatling for=20
Bimbo & Willis, so don't say that this deal can't fly. - Mishra =20



> From Jlyell@concentric.net Fri Nov 14 15:56:42 1997
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> Mishra I don't see how you see Walker as a better player than =
Sprewell.  He=20
may be in a few years, but not now.  When this guy is hot he can score =
50 on=20
you.  If a guy shooting sub 40% is the best player on your team, you =
aren't=20
going too far.  We would have to give up a hell of a lot more than the =
players=20
you referenced.  If this is true I wouldn't be surprised to see Sprewell =
swapped=20
for Richmond.    I would give up Barros, McCarty, and Billups to get =
Sprewell=20
this guy can be a pain,  but he is a proven star and can shoot,  the one =
thing=20
we are lacking big time.  Although I don't know if he could take =
Pitino's hard=20
nose coaching style.  Can you imagine a lineup of:
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> Edney, =20
> Sprewell
> Mercer
> Walker
> Knight
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> And maybe we land Mike Bibby next year !
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Shailendra K. Mishra [SMTP:skmishra@dlsun660.us.oracle.com]
> Sent:	Friday, November 14, 1997 1:56 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject:	Players who could be had cheap.
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> I was wondering, if some of you have been following the  =
sprewell-carlesimo=20
feud. This has been on from the time when Carlesimo told=20
> sprewell to lower the volume of his boombox which he did at that time =
but not=20
> without harnessing some ill feeling.=20
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> Yesterday there was a report on KNBR 68 <local sports radio>, saying =
that the=20
> situation got aggravated during the Laker game, where-in on one hand =
the=20
Lakers=20
> were blowing out the warriors while sprewell was discussing hair =
styles with=20
> Kobe and laughing. Seeing this, Carlesimo called Spre to the huddle, =
which he=20
> overlooked..PJ then called him again a little bit sternly this time. =
To which=20
> Spre replied as "PJ you are f'ing joke".=20
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> The warriors want to trade Spre now, who is making about 7 mill, and =
is a base=20
> year compensation player. Do you think that the celts could have some =
interest=20
> in him? We could atleast get reid of atleast Ellison, Dana or Dee and =
maybe=20
> DeClerq. The problem with Spre is, he plays well, if he doesn't have =
to be the=20
> team leader <like when Chris Webber was around>, but goes berserk when =
the=20
> coaches keep telling him, that he is the man etc. Now, if he comes to =
the=20
Celts,=20
> he will see a kentucky dominated ball club and may not be able to =
assert his=20
> dominance the way he does in warrior locker room where he clearly is =
the best=20
> player. Assuming Spre to be onboard, Walker clearly is the best player =
on the=20
> team, so Spre gets to play his game..Mercer ends up sharing time with =
McCarty=20
at=20
> SF and Spre at SG. I feel if a deal, such as the one outlined above =
happens it=20
> may have it's merrits any thoughts?
>                               - Mishra
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