-EG> Greg was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering:
-EG> GC> The papers here are talking (mostly wishful thinking, I'm sure)
-EG> GC> that Pitino has made an effort to wrest the number 1 out of the
-EG> GC> Spurs somehow.
-EG> It's doubtful that San Antonio is going to give it up
-EG> UNLESS Boston includes both picks AND a player OR both
-EG> picks AND next year's pick.
-EG> GC> they are still in deep doo-doo because of the salary cap and large
-EG> GC> contracts to players such as Pervis Ellison, Dino Radja, Dee Brown,
-EG> GC> and Dana Barros -- all untradeable, all carrying big paychecks
-EG> I don't think it's that bad. If they get healthy, they're
-EG> already ahead of where they were last year and really,
-EG> ahead of where they were two years ago. I think that if
-EG> they can pull it off, they should use the #3 pick on Mercer
-EG> AND if he's still available, the #6 pick on Cato.
-EG> Cato isn't Duncan, however, he's like an Olajuwon. Don't
 
I agree that the team isn't as bad as their record indicates.
However, they still will have contract and salary cap problems.
They'd LOVE to keep Fox and Wesley but given the cap (and the
market value of the two) it's unlikely that the two guys won't
be available to the Celtics.  If all they can get with that
number 3 pick is a Fox replacement, and a Wesley replacement
with the number 6, they are really in trouble.
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