Re: Walker rumors

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I will take back every defense I ever made of Rick
Pitino if he trades Antoine for Dale Davis and Jalen
Rose.  That is far sicker than the Mercer for Samaki+
rumors of a few weeks ago.  Where the hell would he
play Davis?  We have the front court we need now. 
Let's all pray Pitino isn't as crazy as some list
members have always insisted he was.

--- Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:
> Now there are additional rumors involving Walker
> going to Indiana.
> The only players that I could see interesting the
> Celtics as principals
> in the exchange would be Jalen Rose, Dale Davis, and
> Jonathan Bender.
> It was reported that the Celtics were interested in
> Bender during the
> draft. Here is Chris Wallace's commentary on Bender:
>   "An intriguing prospect because of his combination
> of athleticism and 
>    offensive skills. The big question with any
> player who enters the NBA 
>    at such a young age is, 'How long will it take
> for him to learn the NBA 
>    game and mature physically enough.'" 
> It seems completely contrary to the idea of getting
> older, but Bender has
> drawn comparisons to Kevin Garnett who was an impact
> player in his second
> year out of high school. So it's possible that the
> Celtics could go for it.
> And if Davis and/or Rose are included, the Celtics
> do get some experience
> in return.
> 
> The thing is, supposedly the Celtics could have
> gotten Antonio Davis (and
> a first rounder) with Antoine Walker which means
> that getting Bender for 
> Walker should have been possible. So I doubt the
> Celtics do that deal 
> straight up; instead, they probably get Jalen Rose
> also, at least. Rose 
> showed some impressive skills during the playoffs,
> especially in his ability 
> to create his own offense. He's not a talent on the
> order of Walker though.
> 
> I wouldn't be in favor of the trade, though
> admittedly I know almost nothing
> about Bender. Of course if he's really the second
> coming of KG then go for
> it. But I find that pretty unlikely.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 

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