re Bird Comments

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

So what does all this chirping from the Birdman make him?  A Prophet?? Glad
he's in Indy. I hear his players don't want him back as a coach next
season. But they like him. Hmmmmmmm.

>Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 10:17:34 -0500
>From: Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>
>Subject: Bird Comments
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>Came across these Larry Bird comments from last October.
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>Vinny
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>LARRY Bird noticed Dave
>Cowens was smiling an awful lot during last month's league meetings.
>"That'll change when David
>                     Wesley starts hoisting up 20-footers with Glen Rice
>open on the wings and Anthony Mason posted up inside," Bird said. "Wesley's
>a good player but
>                     he's going to get off 10-12 shots a game no matter
>what, and he can't finish his move once he penetrates. He reminds me a lot
>of Sam Vincent." 
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>                     Despite Boston telling a number of teams Antoine
>Walker is off limits, don't be shocked if Rick Pitino packages him in order
>to extract Pervis Ellison or
>                     Dee Brown from cap. From what I'm told, the Celtics -
>as well as the Heat and 76ers - were heavily in the hunt for Joe Smith. Was
>Walker the bait? 
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>                     To put it mildly, Bird is not a big fan of Brown. "Dee
>may be in good shape now, but he'll get hurt, wait and see," Bird predicts.
>"He doesn't work hard.
>                     Never did. Dave Gavitt took the hit for re-signing
>Dee, but it was the owners who made that call, I was there. It was right
>after Reggie Lewis died. They
>                     wanted the next-best player signed long-term. I tried
>to tell them, "Just because you give $4 million to a $1 million player,
>it's not going to make him $3
>                     million better.'"
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