Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V5 #161

[Kim Malo <kmalo19@idt.net>]

At 12:08 AM 4/27/98 -0700, Mishra wrote:
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Joseph Byrnes <mbyrnes@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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>>> I don't agree with you here again. The questions about signing him have
>to
>>> do with Gaston's obvious reluctance to spend money.
>>
>>He wasn't reluctant to part with $50 million for a coach.  How are we as
>>fans to know the difference between his comments made for public
>>consumption, and his actual intentions with regard to his money.
>
>
>But then tell me, who made the statement that "If any owner want's to offer
>Antoine Walker 20 mill per, be my guest because I am not going to". Was that
>mere posturing and if it was then it  definitely wasn't the proper forum
>because owners like Jerry Reinsdorff have a history of doing just that.

Your point about posturing is right, and I wish I knew which it was. Don't
forget Gaston and the Wall St Journal lawsuit tha never was -he is capable
of empty public posturing. As for Reinsdorf, not comaprable. Because he was
paying a proven revenue generator acknowledged as the best player in the
league, and to some in history, *on a one year contract*. In other words,
rewarding for past favors and current revenue generation but not tieing
yourself up long enough to cause future cap problems. While paying a sure
thing, not based ob as yet unrealized potential.

-Kim 
Kim Malo
kmalo19@idt.net