Re: Keep Antoine

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Let's see, reason #1.too expensive #2.worth it. Evidently it's in the eye
of the beholder. Antoine and flashy stats? I'd be happy with a 60 watt
bulb's worth. Anderson, Pierce, and Griffin are covering his slump well. if
they weren't he'd hear more than boos from the Fleet fans. I definitely
would not trade him for Van Horn. 

At 12:07 PM 12/3/99 PST, you wrote:
>>From: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
>>
>>Two reason why Walker's not going anywhere.....he's too expensive and not 
>>worth it.
>
>That's one reason, not two.
>
>>His 19 points per game come at the expense of 42% shooting, 6.6
>>rebounds and 68% foul shooting. If he were listed on the market he'd be 
>>listed as a don't buy, overvalued.
>
>Several people have pointed out that virtually all young stars not named Tim 
>Duncan come with this kind of baggage.  We get to see them occaisionally and 
>watch them doing some marvelous stuff on highlight films, but guys like 
>Shareef and Van Horn are no more consistent than Antoine.  The difference 
>seems to be, this year anyway, that Antoine has done what his coach has 
>asked and ignored his statistics.  He doesn't insist that he scores 20 
>points a game because it looks better than 18.  He's playing fewer minutes 
>than ever, and not complaining about it like a lot of other players would.  
>There are no statistics in the Celtics locker room this year, and for a very 
>good reason.  Let's just hope the fans don't teach these players that unless 
>you put up flashy stats, you're going to get run out of town.  We're 
>supposed to be smarter than that, remember?
>
>Jim
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