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Re: McDonough: C's To Walker: Play Well, Create Value, Then We'll Trade You
This is stupid, but also smart. If he plays well, the
idiot fans will support him, and the team will have a
bright future, so why trade him? On the other hand,
if all those things happpen, why would he want to
leave? So maybe it's an elaborate ruse. Dangling
that Denver pick is truly reckless.
--- Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
> [The Boston Globe
> Online][Boston.com]
> [Boston Globe Online
> / Sports]
>
>
> 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.
> © Copyright 1999
> Globe Newspaper Company.
>
>
>
>
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