Re: Dino and #6 to Vancouver

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

I still think the whole Walker-Mercer issue was the media blowing it out of
proportion.  Did anyone ever hear Walker actually say he would not play
with Mercer ? Even if he did I still would take Mercer over Walker.  Mercer
is a better all around player, better shooter & ball handler.  If the guys
in his second year and already spouting off on who he wants to play with,
this shows he is not a team player & not good for the Celtics.  This is a
business,  just live with it or move on.

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> From: Dave Joyce <djoyce@postoffice.utas.edu.au>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Dino and #6 to Vancouver
> Date: Sunday, June 01, 1997 9:45 PM
> 
> I'm pretty sure that although Larry Brown might "like" Tim Thomas, he's
still more likely to go with Tony Battie, as they need a center as
> desperately as us.
> 
> Also, are you sure drafting Mercer is such a good idea? I think that one
of
> the most important things in professional sports in cohesion, a true
> compatability between as many players a possible, especially between
> starters. Just look at the communication between Stockton and Malone, the
> knowing between Jordan and Scottie. I think if we draft Ron, especially
> after Antoine has said he doesn't want to play with him, then we're gunna
> lose some of that much needed cohesion. It's not an individual game, but
a
> team game. Okay, sometimes it is a individual game, but we can get an
> individual with as much potential as Mercer, without jeapordising that
team
> factor. Remember when Jordan and Kerr had that biffo about player
> contracts, blah, blah... Something like that will obviously upset the
teams
> makeup, which is not what we want. Luckily for the Bulls, Steve is not
that
> much of a needed player. Sure he's a pretty important role player, but if
> you got any other pure shooter, taught them Jackson's offences and threw
> them in, you'd have a cloned Kerr. Anyway, the point being that teamwork
> and understanding are of utmost importance, and I fear that by drafting
> Mercer, the Celtics will not enjoy this team understanding.
> 
>