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Re: McDonough: C's To Walker: Play Well, Create Value, Then We'll Trade You
Dangling the Denver pick isn't reckless, if they use it to acquire
a quality player. I think, you could see Battie, the pick and
cap fillers like Barros and Pervis being dealt for something good.
Perhaps a David Falk-inspired free agent. I'd keep an eye on
upcoming free agents, especially those represented by the UberAgent.
It happened last season with Pot and I see the likelihood of an
repeat performance...
Ray
Josh Ozersky wrote:
>
> 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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