FWD: McDonough: WALKER NOT GOING ANYWHERE

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Subject: McDonough: WALKER NOT GOING ANYWHERE
From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>

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Well, at least for this season, it appears Antoine isn't going
anywhere or is it the typical Pitino double-speak?  Only time will tell
gentle
readers.  Only time will tell......




                                [The Boston Globe Online][Boston.com]
                                [Boston Globe Online / Sports]

                                Ongoing labor dispute hasn't locked out Pitino

                                By Will McDonough, Globe Columnist, 10/03/98

                                They are all dressed up with no place to go. Every workday, Rick Pitino
                                and his staff gather at the Celtics' downtown office and go over the
                                practice schedules, knowing there is not going to be any practice. As crazy as
                                it might seem, Pitino and his staff go through all of their preparations just
                                as though the players were in the locker room ready to go. But there are no
                                players - and no practices - because of the NBA lockout.

                                Pitino told fans at the annual Red Auerbach golf tournament this week that his
                                staff keeps everything up and running so it can swing into action as soon as
                                the lockout is over. The Celtics even have a lineup of free agents they are
                                ready to court. It seemed evident from his remarks that Pitino plans to have
                                Antoine Walker, Ron Mercer, Kenny Anderson, and rookie Paul Pierce carry his
                                club this year, and is looking for a big man to put in the middle.
                                (snip)
                            
                                Will McDonough is a Globe columnist.

                                This story ran on page G09 of the Boston Globe on 10/03/98.
                                © Copyright 1998 Globe Newspaper Company.

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