Over the upcoming weeks here at BSJ, we will be shining a microscope on one of the most tumultuous eras in Celtics history: Rick Pitino’s tenure as coach and team president.
You can check out the first five entries of the series here that chronicles Pitino’s first offseason, first big trade of Chris Mills, why the Chauncey Billups trade was even worse than you remember, why the Antoine Walker extension changed everything and betting the farm on Vitaly Potapenko. Next up: Pitino finally makes the first positive big move of his tenure
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Setup
Offseason 1999
Rick Pitino
Vitaly Potapenko.
Paul
Pierce
Antoine
Walker
Ron
Mercer
Kenny
Anderson
Greg Minor, Pervis Ellison, Dino Radja
The Deal (August 1999)
Celtics trade
Nuggets trade
What the Celtics got out of it
Danny
Fortson
Eric
Washington
What the Nuggets got out of it
Popeye
Jones
Chauncey Billups.
Why dealing Mercer mattered for the future, not the present
Big trade doesn’t lead to encouraging results in year 3
Calbert
Cheaney
Adrian
Griffin
Kenny Anderson
Walter McCarty
Next up: Pitino says goodbye