Re: Vin Baker wants to be a Celtic! From today's Boston Globe

["Adam Litchy" <allitchy@cland.net>]

Oh, this is too good to be true.  I'm telling you people the Leperachaun is
BACK!  If he is this open about it, does anyone think that the Bucks would
entertain a trade with us now?  No draft picks, or maybe the Dallas one if
it is in the teens and Dino, or Dee?  I think other teams would be hesitant
to trade for him if they thought he was just going to bolt to Boston anyway
in a year or two.

Adam Litchy

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> From: STRAUSS@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Vin Baker wants to be a Celtic! From today's Boston Globe
> Date: Tuesday, March 18, 1997 12:17 PM
> 
>    Boston GlobeGlobe Sports
> Celtics Notebook: Baker may be cooking up plans to return here
> 
>    By Michael Holley, Globe Staff, 03/18/97
>    
>    Vin Baker talks for a while about lots of things. Old friends from the
>    University of Hartford. Growing up in Connecticut. The disappointing
>    season of the Bucks. And then the 6-foot-11-inch forward says, "I'll
>    be a free agent soon. I like Milwaukee and everything, but if I got
>    the chance to play here, it would be nice."
>    
>    The Celtics like to speak of clearing salary-cap room for 1998.
>    Perhaps they should concentrate on 1999. Baker wants to be here. It
>    was always a dream to play here. He said the same thing two years ago
>    and has not wavered.
>    
>    ``Oh, I don't even think about their record,'' he said of the 13-54
>    Celtics. ``This is a big-time organization. To me, they're like the
>    Lakers. They've been down, but they won't stay down long.''
>    
>    Baker often teases his friend Todd Day that he will come to Boston and
>    play with him. Day probably won't be here after this season. But if he
>    can promise to recruit and deliver the All-Star forward, well, maybe
>    he'll have a future with the Celtics, too.
>    
>    ``I love this city,'' Baker said. ``I love this area. You never know
>    what can happen.''
>    
>    Buck doesn't stop
>    
>    Word in Milwaukee is that Chris Ford is not being blamed for the
>    Bucks' struggles. The coach says the team's problems are defensive.
>    Baker agrees and adds that the loss of Andrew Lang (Achilles'
>    tendinitis) hurt more than anyone imagined. Lang is expected to be
>    back late this month. Armon Gilliam, not known for his defense, is
>    Lang's replacement ... Gilliam, by the way, got into an exchange with
>    Ford in the third quarter. He fouled David Wesley hard and was called
>    for a flagrant. Ford told him that all he needed to do was ``wrap the
>    guy up.'' It appeared that Gilliam didn't like the criticism and told
>    the coach so. With a profanity. He sat out the entire fourth quarter.
>    ``It was no big deal,'' Gilliam said afterward. ``It was just a little
>    discussion, certainly nothing to write about.'' But wasn't that the
>    reason you didn't play the fourth quarter? ``Some nights you play a
>    lot, sometimes you don't,'' he replied. ``It just depends.'' Gilliam's
>    flagrant was enough to push him into suspension territory. He will
>    miss the next game, Thursday vs. the Blazers.
>    
>    The old college try
>    
>    There continues to be spirited commentary in the Celtics' locker room
>    about the NCAA tournament. Greg Minor (Louisville) was all smiles
>    yesterday. He got solid competition from Rick Fox (North Carolina) and
>    Williams (Providence) ... Eric Williams has gotten to the free throw
>    line at an astounding rate in his short career. Last night he played
>    28 minutes and had 14 attempts. More important, he made 13 ... Ford
>    was disgusted with his team's defense, calling it some of the worst
>    he's ever seen. But he wasn't so disgusted to put Acie Earl in the
>    game ... Ray Allen, who had several friends and relatives in the
>    crowd, had a quiet 21 points. He did make the most spectacular play,
>    though, when he caught an errant alley-oop pass and put it in the hoop
>    as he was fading away from it ... Dee Brown, bothered by a sore right
>    big toe, played six minutes. He took two shots and missed both ...
>    Keith Lockhart, sporting a Celtics jersey, and the Boston Pops
>    performed the national anthem.
>    
>    This story ran on page e6 of the Boston Globe on 03/18/97.