Re: Jamal Mashburn trade

[Jim McMaster <mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com>]

In message <347763F4.1388@icplus.net.au>, Warwick Janetzki said:
> Jim McMaster wrote:
> >=20
> > In message <3476236E.116A@icplus.net.au>, Warwick Janetzki said:
> > > Ever since Up Close, I've been trying to figure out a good deal to ge=
> t
> > > Jamal.
> > >
> > > This is what I've worked out they need
> > >
> > > Barros- provides good outside shooting and they need it off the bench.
> > > Jones- young, athletic, could work well under Riley
> > > DeClercq- they need another banger off of the bench, as Causwell ain'=
> t
> > > gonna play and Mills ain't a banger.
> > > 2 2nd rounders- likely to be cut, but who needs 2nd rounders these da=
> ys?
> > >
> > > for
> > >
> > > Jamal Mashburn
> > >
> > Riley may be a jerk, but he is not stupid.  Why would he trade a really=
>  good
> > player for three slugs?  When will people get it through their heads th=
> at no
> > team is going to give anything of value for the Celtics' trash?
> 
> I think DeClercq and Barros proved tonight that they aren't trash, as
> for Mash, whats gonna happen when Zo comes back, hello Mr Struggle.
> 
I don't know...1 game does not prove much.  Barros has not been a good player 
since Philly, and is way overpaid.  DeClercq tries hard, but simply does not 
have enough talent to be nearly the player Mashburn is.  Jones may be a good 
player some day, but strikes me as very raw.

Look...the Celtics are a nice, mediocre little team right now.  7-6 may sound 
impressive, but look at who they have beaten.  Except for the Bulls, all the 
teams they have beaten are mediocre to atrocious.  The good teams have wiped 
them out.

There is a reason the Celtics are not a very good team...their talented 
players have no experience, and their experienced players have little talent. 
 You will never be able to trade Barros, Brown or Ellison for a quality 
player.  With their contracts, they are a *liability* in a trade, not an 
asset.

As for what happens when Mourning comes back, I do not know the Heat well 
enough to know what they will do.  I doubt they will bench Mashburn, though.  
Can you tell me why Mourning and Mashburn cannot play together?

Basically, I am telling you your trade idea is nuts.  What next?  Ellison, 
Brown and Barros for Shaq?  That would really be a great trade, right?

- -- 
Jim McMaster
mailto:mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com