RE: Walker trade rumors

["Odegaard, Greg M." <GMOdegaa@rmc.com>]

Did you post this to me or the list?  

All rumors could be considered stupid to one degree or another, but the
drum beat for RP liking and wanting Mash just keeps going on.  To listen
to MT on the radio talk about, you would think there are only a few
things that are certain in life; the sun thing, death, taxes and that RP
is going to trade someone to get Mash, and this is all the way out in
bum@#%& Portland no less.  I don't want him, don't see why or how we
could possibly use or need him, god forbid we trade both Pierce and AW,
and couldn't agree more, but the frigging rumors still exist, from
fairly connected sources.  

Just reporting what I heard, you would have thought I was listening to a
Boston radio show,
Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Ozersky [mailto:josh_ozersky@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 10:05 AM
To: Odegaard, Greg M.
Subject: Re: Walker trade rumors


Why would Rick trade for Mashburn, when he already has Paul Pierce --
unless he is planning on trading Pierce for Olowakandi, as per another
stupid rumor?  

Holley is nuts himself.  But it tells you a lot about how player
psychology works.  Billy Hunter has played on black separatist siege
mentality, an Us Against The Man sentiment that is unalterable and
idiotic, to justify this insane stance at the lockout.  63% of
revenues?  Does Holley really think for a minute that the Celtics can
compete in a league where there is no cap whatsoever to player
salaries?  The same stupid line about "no one forced the owners to pay
Kevin Garnett" is now being parroted by our own Mike Holley!  I can't
believe how brainwashed he is.  Earth to Mike:  Paul Gaston could never
have afforded to pay Kevin Garnett!  The Spurs won't be able to pay
Tim Duncan!  The owners aren't one composite white guy!  Shmuck.





---"Odegaard, Greg M."  wrote:
>
> Mychal Thompson, old of the Lakers and Blazers, has turned up again
as a
> radio talking head on the soon not to be the Blazers radio station
here
> in Portland (Paul Allen bought another AM station and will move the
team
> games soon).  I listen to this station somewhat infrequently, but on
> yesterdays show he talked about the rumored Walker trades, as if they
> were a "done deal", only waiting for the lockout to end.  He stated
one
> of two would occur, according to his so called inside experts, (he
is in
> touch as an ex player) Walker to Miami for Mashburn and PJ Brown, and
> filler, or Walker to the Blazers for either Wallace or Grant.  He said
> his Blazer source notes that this is real, ongoing talk, between the
> Blazers and C's and that the C's haven't decided which of the two they
> would want.  MT is excited for a Blazer deal hooking up AW and
> Stoudamire, but would be sorry to see either of the two mentioned to
go,
> as well as not being at all happy to have to take some of the C's cap
> fillers, he named Minor and Pervis, as they were a complete waste of a
> roster spot.
> 
> He seemed less sure of the Miami idea, though he mentioned the fact
that
> RP couldn't get over his love for Mashburn, and wanted him on his
team.
> 
> With a month of the season now gone, I am truly sick to my stomach
> thinking of any permeation of these deals.  
> 
> I will go back to sleep now,
> Greg
> 

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