Re: Walker/Wallace/Grant

[damekmo@teleport.com]

>Looking at the 2 candidates we would be likely to get from Portland in
>exchange for AW, I would say no deal. He outshines Wallace in every
>category but fg% and turnovers; important areas, I'll grant you, but at
>the expense of 7 points, 4 boards and nearly 2 assists? About the only
>advantage Grant gives you is an extra .5 bpg.
>
>Keep in mind, too, that when both Grant and Wallace signed their current
>deals, they were deemed huge at the time. Now they seem like bargains...
>my point being that no matter how much of Mr. Gaston's money it might take
>to lock up Toine, the cap will always go up. If Pitino is determined to
>ship Walker off, it's lunacy unless he can also free up the cap space to
>land another major FA.

Peter...right on the money. Pitino has to...HAS TO send salary cap mistakes
along with Walker to make any deal with Portland equitable. And even
then....

Paul M