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[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Boston writers suck. They must have hemmorroids. 

>From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
>Subject: CBS Sportsline Ryan article
>
>Here's an interesting look at the Celtics' situation by Bob Ryan.
>
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>BOSTON -- Antoine Walker. Ron Mercer. Kenny Anderson. And now Paul Pierce. 
>Rick Pitino made it sound very enticing and exciting on Wednesday night. 
>
>Absolutely. It is exciting. But it might also be a fantasy. 
>
>It's often no fun rooting for any team in the NBA these days, and the 
>Boston Celtics are Exhibit A. How can any fan get pumped up over the team 
>when there is no guarantee any of these players in question will be here 
>next year, let alone at the start of the 1999-2000 season? It's a potentially
>great nucleus -- on paper -- but only there. 
>
>The Antoine Walker thing is a huge black cloud hovering over the Fleet
Center. 
>At this moment his future as a Boston Celtic is in doubt, or we assume
it's in 
>doubt if he and agent David Falk weigh in with a long-term contract demand
in 
>excess of $100 million, as everyone, including Rick Pitino himself,
assumes they 
>will. There are two central questions. One, will owner Paul Gaston pay it? 
>Two, should he pay it? 
>
>WALKER IS VERY talented. He is a 6-foot-8 scoring machine who can operate 
>from inside and out. He is a great finisher on the fast break. He can 
>make dazzling passes. He rebounds every night, even on those occasions 
>when he shoots 3-for-18. He plays with enthusiasm and energy. He can 
>make chicken salad out of chicken excrement. He gets the crowd in the game.
>He won't be 22 until August. 
>
>That's a lot of plusses. 
>
>Walker is a spotty defensive player. He has a horrendous sense of shot 
>selection. He tries to handle the ball too much in traffic. He is very 
>turnover-prone. He pouts on occasion when he comes out of the game. 
>He has a sophomoric demeanor, going into excessive celebrations over
>virtually every act on the court, so much so that he thoroughly 
>antagonizes opponents. He acts, in other words, like an MTV punk. 
>He doesn't seem to think he needs much improvement. 
>
>Those are serious negatives. 
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