McDonough: C's To Walker: Play Well, Create Value, Then We'll Trade You

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                                Sox hit jackpot with Daubach

                                By Will McDonough, Globe Columnist,
                                08/14/99 <snip>

                                
                                Here's the Celtics' mindset regarding
                                Antoine Walker as training camp nears:
                                They feel he doesn't want to play in
                                Boston, but as of now there isn't any team
                                out there that will give them anything of
                                substance for him. So the Celtics/Rick
                                Pitino are going to tell Walker to play
                                his heart out this season, get the team to
                                the playoffs, and prove to the rest of the
                                league how great he is; then the team
                                should be able to trade him and get
                                something decent in return. In other
                                words, Walker will be given a chance to
                                work his way out of town. Sounds fair to
                                me ... 
                                
                                Want some good season tickets to
                                the Patriots, Red Sox, or Celtics? The US
                                Bankruptcy Court in Boston will provide an
                                unusual opportunity to some well-heeled
                                fan to ''win'' the rights to season
                                tickets for each team. A businessman who
                                is a longtime supporter of all three teams
                                had to file for personal bankruptcy under
                                Chapter 11. The court has decided his
                                creditors would be best served by an
                                auction of the tickets, with the rights to
                                the tickets being sold to the highest
                                bidder. The auction is scheduled to be
                                held in the Federal Building on Causeway
                                Street in Boston, located right next to
                                the FleetCenter, Aug. 27 at 11 a.m. The
                                Red Sox and Patriots are not pleased with
                                the decision because they hold the rights
                                to all of their tickets. They have
                                informed the court, through Boston
                                attorney Dan Goldberg, that they will not
                                fight the situation but want it noted that
                                they consider this an isolated case that
                                will not set a precedent. The judge will
                                allow the businessman to keep his tickets,
                                which are on the 25-yard line at Foxboro
                                Stadium, for six of the Patriots' l0 games
                                this season. The successful bidder at
                                auction will get tickets for the remaining
                                four Patriots games this year and the
                                rights to all tickets to those seats in
                                the future; any Red Sox playoff tickets
                                this year and the rights to the seats in
                                question for all Sox games in the future;
                                and all of the businessman's Celtics
                                tickets, which are front row courtside,
                                this season and in the future. Attorney
                                Steve Shamban of Braintree, who is
                                representing the bankrupt fan, said two
                                Celtics season tickets were auctioned off
                                by court order several years back and
                                brought in $27,000 just for the rights to
                                those seats in the future. Paul E.
                                Saperstein, who will conduct the auction,
                                said he thinks the tickets for each of the
                                three teams will go for substantially more
                                than that.

                          
                                This story ran on page G3 of the Boston
                                Globe on 08/14/99.
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