Various & sundry

[kjgoo <kjgoo@worldnet.att.net>]

Michael Byrnes quoted Stathis Avgoustiniatos and then wrote:

> In my opinion it would be foolish to get an aging soft center and lose
> Walker.  Robinson is an excellent player, he may help the Cs go further
> into the POs in the 98-99 season, but he will all but destroy any chances
> we have to go all the way even in 3-5 years.

All but destroy?  I don't think so.  When Robinson retires, his team 
will
have a bundle of cap room to go after a big time free agent.


Sorry to disagree with a fellow Stanford guy, Michael, but that isn't 
true under the current cap rules -- since there aren't "slots" any more, 
in all likelihood Robinson's retirement wouldn't mean a thing to the C's 
because the other starters' salaries likely would put them at or over 
the cap.  Besides, no one knows what the cap is going to look like next 
year.

There is absolutely no way I would trade Antoine for the Admiral.  
Antoine for the San Antonio's other twin tower (whose name I dare not 
repeat for fear of being kicked off the list), on the other hand....


Roy Enrile wrote:

Did anyone else watching TNT notice Antoine looking dissapointed
when Pierce was selected?


I noticed, Roy, but I wouldn't read into it that Antoine was thinking 
"uh oh -- competition" or something selfish like that (if that's what 
you're suggesting).  My guess is that Antoine was there to support one 
of his best friends -- Nazr Mohammed -- and was disappointed that they 
weren't going to be teammates again.

Incidentally, I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief when the Bulls passed on 
Mohammed.  I was worried that their drafting Nazr would have been the 
first shot in an Antoine recruiting battle.

I hope the lockout is short.  I hate to think about the kind of things 
we'll be seeing on this list if there's no real basketball stuff to 
discuss.

Michael Gooen