Re: Lil Penny?

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I'm sure there's nothing to this.  More and more, I am convinced that
other than a few (Vescey, May, one or two others) sportswriters don't
know any more than we do.  Hardaway was no doubt a throw in (why not?)
and Taylor could just have easily have written "David Robinson" or
"Tim Thomas."  Even the whole Twon for Mash and PJ thing has been
circulated almost by default, received wisdom from Vescey, who may
have picked up on it via McDonough.  (I'm not sure about the timing.)  

I met one of the contributors to the newsgroup this past weekend, and
he made a point that we all seem to have missed.  Why shouldn't we be
able to sign Antoine to (say) a 70 or eighty million dollar contract? 
No other team can offer him nearly as much.  Thanks to the Bird
Exception, we can offer him  a few million more than Chicago, and I
very much doubt that Twon will pay five or ten million dollars for the
privilige of saying fuck you to the Celtics.  Garnett money really is
always bidding against itself.

josh.

p.s.  Paul is being very shmucky lately.  Pitino is a great coach and
an aggressive GM whose moves it is too early to judge, but who in any
case looks for his own kind of guys in a way the Dave Checketts of the
world don't.  I still have complete faith in his judgement.





---Peter Delevett  wrote:
>
> Hi Celtics Fans. Phil Taylor is reporting on the CNN/SI Web site
that Penny H. is one of the players who could be coming to Boston in
exchange for Toine. I hadn't heard that before. It's an intriguing
thought, although realistically Penny would supplant one of three
players--Mercer, Kenny and/or Pierce--so I don't know that I really
like it, especially given Hardaway's health & attitude concerns.
Taylor also offers this observation: "The only thing that could keep
Walker in a Boston uniform is a new agreement that delays his free
agency for at least another year." His reasoning is Gaston's
reluctance to pay Toine big money when he becomes a F.A. next year. 
> On an unrelated note, last weekend I was in Billings, Montana in a
snowstorm and saw a guy walking by in a Celtics jacket. It put a smile
on my face! Even in a small town in the middle of nowhere (sorry, any
Montanans out there), Celtics fans turn up.
> 
> 
> 

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