Re: Baker, Fortson, or just a good slap?

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Paul,

Will you explain to me how a career backup is the 4th
best rebounder in the NBA?  I think it's amazing that
people have so little regard for Fortson, after we've
watched what Charles Barkeley has been doing to the
league for so many years.  Obviously Fortson isn't the
scorer Chucky is, but don't get so hung up on height. 
Heart, not height, is what wins championships.  Baker
is soft.  This "deal" isn't even rumored, anyway...and
for good reason.  Anyway, you ought to bear in mind
that Fortson is historically much better equipped to
play uptempo than is Baker, who is quite as much a
halfcourt fixture as, say, Juwan Howard.

--- damekmo@teleport.com wrote:
> >Not really Paul, they still have Horace Grant at PF
> and thus can use
> >Fortson either at center or as a PF, off the bench.
> It is possible that
> >Fortson + pick may not be enough for Baker, in
> which case RP can
> >bolster his offer by offering next year's 1st
> rounde and a choice of
> >any player on the Celtics roster other than 
> Walker, Pierce, Battie and
> >Pot. - Mishra
> 
> Mercer, Fortson, Baker....all three make me itch.
> All of them have talent,
> all of them have serious holes in their games.
> Mercer scoring...Fortson
> shorty...Baker tubby. I don't think Mercer's a
> starting 2 on a team that
> goes deep into the playoffs. I think Fortson's a
> backup whatever. You pick
> a position, any position, and if Danny has to play
> big minutes, the team's
> in trouble. Baker? Sometimes you just want to beat
> the crap out of Gaston,
> ML and Pitino...in that order. Fortson, one of the
> many stiffs, and a draft
> pick seems awfully steep for The Round Mound of
> Playoff Disappointment. But
> if you want the team to actually make the playoffs
> next year, what
> frontline do you think gets them there: Pot, Baker,
> and Walker with Battie
> coming off the bench, or Pot, Fortson/Battie, Walker
> with Fortson/Battie
> coming off the bench? Again, I'd rather just beat
> the crap out Gaston, ML,
> and Pitino for the position the team's in, but I
> suppose if Battie or
> Fortson has to be traded, Fortson has more value on
> the market, so.....you
> hold your nose and move Fortson and crap for Baker.
> Oh Christ...rereading
> that sentence makes me sweat "and" itch. How's this:
> I keep hearing rumors
> about Shawn Kemp being unhappy. Kemp could come into
> camp looking like
> Santa Claus and he's still the best player on the
> court most nights. How
> about Fortson, draft picks and a stiff for Kemp?
> Jesus, how about the team
> picks up one more real basketball player and the
> years of justifiable
> ambivalence just end.
> 
> Paul M.
> 
> 
> 

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