Re: Walker on ESPN

["Rodney A. Palmer" <rp321@pgstumail.pg.cc.md.us>]

Do you believe Antoine Walker is good enough to be a franchis player?  
- ekim RAP.

On Sat, 25 Apr 1998 gandahlf@capecod.net wrote:

> 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 
> >
> >
> 

- Ekim RAP.