The Celtics may not be as good as the Wizards, that's Michael Wilbon's thinking....
Snyder, Unseld Are Making Home
Improvements
By Michael Wilbon [Michael Wilbon]
Washington Post
Columnist
Thursday, August 19, 1999; Page D1
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It would have been nice if Calbert
Cheaney hadn't turned down the
trade to Miami, because Clarence
Witherspoon (another good move by
Unseld) would have been a big-time
addition. Six years after he
showed up here, I'm still trying
to figure out what to make of
Cheaney. He's smart, skilled,
diligent, coachable. Yet,
something's obviously missing. I'd
say it's passion. Word is he was
going to get the same amount of
money in Miami – where he would
have been playing for a contender
– that he got for signing with
Boston, which might not be as good
as the Wizards. Was Cheaney shying
away from a real challenge, as we
thought so many nights in
Washington? Or did playing for Bob
Knight in college scare him off
from another egomaniacal dictator,
Pat Riley in Miami? If so, wait
until Cheaney gets a load of Rick
Pitino.
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