Re: Trade Toine before it's "too late?"

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Peter, my good man!!  You are making waaaaay too much sense for some people
on this list to handle.  :-)

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: peter delevett <pdelevett@amcity.com>
To: Celtics <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 7:53 PM
Subject: Trade Toine before it's "too late?"


> When exactly is that time? Houston traded a boatload of talent for a
washed-up
> Charles Barkley, giving up much more than Phoenix did when they snared a
> prime-of-his-career Barkley from Philly. Chris Webber suffered through
several
> injury-plagued, bad attitude seasons marked by a rape scandal and still
netted
> two quality veterans in exchange. JR Rider drove everybody nuts in
Portland
> with his constant arrests and still landed the Blazers Steve Smith. My
point?
> A talented young player like Antoine Walker is not like a carton of milk,
with
> a best-by date. Teams in this league will always be willing to take a
gamble
> on talented young scorers who can also handle and rebound. Unlike many on
this
> list, most general managers recognize that a player is entitled to a
season or
> two of dropping statistics without it meaning he is washed up --
especially at
> age 23. If this list had been running the Orlando Magic a couple years
ago,
> Nick Anderson would have been run out of town on a rail, and he would have
had
> his career-saving renaissance elsewhere. If there is a time to trade
Walker,
> it is not when he is "just not playing that well" (Rich's words, not
mine). I
> agree with your post, Jim, when you say Walker will always have trade
value.
> Now Rae Carruth, there's a guy with no trade value.
>
>
> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:34:41 -0500
> From: Jim Hill <jahill@leasingservice.com>
> Subject: Re: More Walker talk
>
> I don't disagree entirely with the "Time to trade Walker before he
> really can't be traded" opinions on this list.
>