Re: Antoine Walker: Three Weeks Left As A Celtic?

["Witch Craft" <witchcraft1998@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Greg Odegaard" <gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com>
>To: "Witch" <witchcraft1998@hotmail.com>, <Celtics@igtc.COM>
>Subject: Re: Antoine Walker: Three Weeks Left As A Celtic?
>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:25:57 -0700
>
>Part of any agreement with a new or resolved CBA plan, will include an
>extension beyond October for resigning current or soon to be FA's.  It 
must
>be dealt with post haste for any current FA, but AW is not.  The bottom
>line is almost every team in the league has got an AW to deal with and 
the
>league and the union will not allow for the potential blowout that 
would
>come from the scenario you mention here.
>
>How do I know this so certainly, it was asked of Trader Bob in a local
>radio interview about 2 months ago, with respect to Damon of course, 
but
>the line of questioning was extended to 99 FA's and Bob was speaking 
with
>100% certainty/authority that if the CBA negotiations went beyond 
September
>1, that an extension for FA negotiations would be a lock.  Think about 
the
>ramifications of the league without it.
>Reality doesn't bite that hard.
>
>The bottom line have patience and quit looking for cheap shot ways of
>unloading Antoine.  The team may deal him, for who knows what, I will 
never
>say never, but this perceived July 1 to October 1 window will not be a
>factor this offseason. Period.

No one's looking for a "cheap shot" way of unloading Antoine.  The
premise of my post was, at this present time Antoine's value is at
its optimal, and therefore if the C's don't plan on signing him, now
would be the time to deal him.  Even if there is a post-lockout period
where teams can re-sign their prospective free-agents, it doesn't
necessarily mean that conditions between the C's and Antoine will
be different.  The Larry Bird exemption could still be in effect,
and Antoine's salary request may still be greater than what Boston is
willing to give.   In that case, he'll be closer to free agency,
and his value will be lessened.  

WC

>Greg ( I hate the debacle of professional team cheerleaders) Say it so 
Red


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