Cato got Houston to agree to a deal that they later regretted and has 666k raises. Hmmmmm..... ------------------ I'm sticking with Charlotte. I can't flip because I don't want to be confused with Peter Vecsey. -- Charles Barkley
Mutumbo may not be out of the price range. Drew 1.1 Rogers 2 Bullard 1.??? Walt close to 4 with raise Trade ex 4.5 Detroit, Orlando picks to sweeten The trade exception has some value and the hawks don't look like a playoff team next year even with Dikembe. Dikembe, Olajuwon and Cato would be a killer defensive frontcourt and block shots start fastbreaks. I honestlt don't know if this would be a good trade for Atlanta. I don't think Dikembe is out of the realm of possibilities expecially since the rocks have a lot of firepower at the 1 and 2 and are a little short in the D. ------------------ "You've got 6 fouls, use them well" -Derrick Coleman
Here's an off the wall idea. We need rebounding, shot blocking, intimidation, and a durable big man who can trigger the fast bread, right? How about Dikembe Mutombo? The salary fits: Drew's $1.1 million plus Cato's $7 million plus our $4.5 million exception match Dik's $12 million, and he is signed until 2001. We can then choose to use all that money in the free agent pool or keep him. He's old (33?) but hasn't missed a hame in 2-3 years and led the league in rebounding and altered shots. We then trade *down* in the draft so we can have two picks and grab Jason Collier and a young center. (I like Kenyon and Stromile, but that's about it earlier in the draft.) ------------------ If you don't remember the ABA, you don't know basketball.
ricealum, a couple of points: -If we trade for a big salary, it won't be a 33 year old player. Otherwise, when Francis is in his prime, we're right back to where we are now with 36 or 37 year old center. -Cato is a Base Year Compensation player so you can only get 50% of his salary in return for him. -$7M is the average yearly salary of Cato's deal. The first year of his deal should be just under $5.4M with a flat 12%(648K) raise each year. ------------------
