Re: Keep Walker

[Mike Dynon <mdynon@ix.netcom.com>]

Gene Kirkpatrick wrote:
> 
> I accept the possibility that Antoine Walker may not develop into a
> superstar-team leader-community asset all rolled into one.  But why do
> we keep searching for someone with better possibilities.  Give him a real
> supporting cast and coach for a year and see.  Joe Smith???  His off
> court troubles are not minor; without his aura and a big time attorney he
> might well be in jail now.  And why trade one incomplete player for
> another?  A big man with all the skills that Walker possesses is rare.
> Keep Walker.
> 
> Gene  (What's a round-trip ticket to Happy Valley cost?  Just kidding.)


Well said.  And why should anyone believe Peter Vecsey?  He did not
attribute the statement to a specific source; therefore, his scenario is
just a rumor.  On the other hand, last month, I posted a report from the
Providence Journal by Bill Reynolds (Pitino's book co-author).  Pitino
told him the Celts had turned down a trade of Walker and Barros for
Smith and BJ Armstrong.  Walker has just been named co-captain, which
means to me that he's not going anywhere.

Mike Dynon