RE: goodbye oh selfish one...

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I have got to go with this side.  Although a good player with a lot of 
potential, he has the potential to be an undisciplined  cancer like Shawn 
Kemp or Chris Webber never making your team any better, just taking up 60% 
of your cap.  As I have stated before except for the boards,  80% of the 
guys in the NBA could have put up his scoring numbers had they been given 
the opportunity to launch away.  Do I blame him for asking for market value 
?  No.  Do I blame him and most of the rest of today's players for no 
loyalty ? yes.  As someone stated Stockton & Malone could have went 
elsewhere years ago for more money but didn't.  With Jordan, Stockton, & 
Malone we probably are seeing the last of the class acts.  Michael made 
about $3M a year until about 3 years ago I think, and enabled Chicago to 
get the Kukoc's , Harpers,  Rodman's who have played key roles.
Once you dump big bucks on one player he better be the real thing or your 
screwed for the next 10 years.  He has not shown he is worth the risk.





On Monday, July 06, 1998 2:33 PM, Ryan Lee [SMTP:Ryan.Lee@parexel.com] 
wrote:
>      It's about damn time someone spoke up about Walker.  The last time I 
>      said something about Walker's showboating and selfishness, half the
>      group attacked me and one "competent" person (who shall go 
unnameless)
>      had the audacity to compare Walker's stats to Jordan's and said that 
>      Walker is not too far behind Jordan.  Sure Walker averaged 6 assists 
>      and scored 20+ a game but the Celts would still lose when Walker 
would
>      go for the big numbers.  Oh but the team is not as good as the Bulls 
>      as a whole.  Puhleaze, don't tell me that Steve Kerr, Ron Harper, 
and
>      Toni (Wide open J) Kukoc are light years ahead of Mercer, Barros, 
and
>      Bowen (I believe Bowen is a better defender than Harper).  The Celts 
>      have a competitive nucleus, maybe not a title contending one but 
they
>      were not a bad team at all last year.  The Celts could have finished 
>      close to .500 if Walker didn't act like the selfish twit he is.  How 
>      many times have we seen Walker attempt to take 3 people off the
>      dribble like he was Tim Hardaway and then lose the ball off his foot 
>      or get the ball stolen.  Also Walker's shot selection is horrid for 
an
>      All Star player?  He puts up three pointers like he was Ainge, 
except
>      he has half the consistency Ainge had.  Don't get me wrong, Walker 
has
>      potential and he put up great numbers for a 21 year old but let's 
face
>      it, with the exception of his rebounding, his scoring was extremely
>      forced.  Whoever wrote that Walker is selfish should have get an
>      award.  I love the Celts but I cringed the day Walker was made
>      captain.  Get rid of him while you can Gaston.
>
>
>      That's my two cents,
>
>      R
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