Re: Walker on ESPN

[gandahlf@capecod.net]

What Antoine said was
"I want a deal done this year, I want to stay a Celtic, But I want to recieve 
MARKET VALUE. If they won't give me market value I will leave for someone
who will"




At 08:55 AM 4/25/98 -0400, Jan Crocker wrote:
>At 07:37 PM 4/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Last night there was a short piece of him saying he wanted a deal this
>>year, and even though he wants to stay here he wants to receive what he's
>>worth (or something like that).  He said if he leaves they'll have to get
>>another franchise player and that will cost them big bucks, anyway.  They
>>said Pitino's remark was that Gaston will not go broke to pay him
>>unreasonable money.  I only heard this, I was in the kitchen, but this is
>>close.
>>Dorine
>
>
>Dorine you are right on the money. I saw the same report and your take is
>accurate.
>Given the state of big money contracts for star players the report mirrors
>the truth.
>If we don't sign Walker for the big bucks we would have to replace him with
>another marquee player to stay on track in the rebuilding process. How
>would we do this with our lack of flexibility with the salary cap? We are
>probably better off giving him the Benjamins than taking a huge leap
>backwards. Too bad it's always about the money.
>That's the sorry measuring stick in sports these days; who makes more money
>than the next guy.
>
>JC 
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