* In a message originally sent to All, Ed Grinnell stated:
-EG> Well, there be crying in Boston and some real celebrating
-EG> in San Antonio. With David Robinson coming back and Duncan
-EG> being a clone (but I think with a lot more ability to take
-EG> a team to the championship level), the Spurs can either
-EG> keep Duncan or use him to get several good players. This is
-EG> going to be interesting.
 
The papers here are talking (mostly wishful thinking, I'm sure)
that Pitino has made an effort to wrest the number 1 out of the 
Spurs somehow.
 
Would they take the #3 and #6 pick for the #1?  I doubt it.
Would they take the #6 pick and a player of some talent (Williams,
Walker - and that's all there is) in exchange for David Robinson?
 
The Celtics are STILL in big trouble, and would be in big trouble
even if they wound up with Duncan.  Had they landed #1 and another
one in the top six, they would be in a very strong position. But
they are still in deep doo-doo because of the salary cap and large
contracts to players such as Pervis Ellison, Dino Radja, Dee Brown,
and Dana Barros -- all untradeable, all carrying big paychecks 
(handed out by the management in panic mode in the last four years),
and very little talent.  They will have an extremely hard time 
re-signing Rick Fox and David Wesley - both of whom they'd love to
keep -- but because of the cap, other teams will have more money
to offer them.  Dee Brown was willing to be traded but has since
rescinded his demands with the arrival of Rick Pitino.  This may
work out for the Celtics much as it did back in 1981 when Tiny
Archibald thought his career was over, then Bill Fitch came in and
asked him to stick around.
 
Oh, by the way, they will have to re-sign Antoine Walker and Eric
Williams sometime as well.
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