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[Daniel Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Walker's passing ability and new aparent shot selection  will open up some
new offense for him. Instead of collapsing on him so fast, they will think
first. 

>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:04:25 +0000 (GMT)
>From: rwbrooks@teleport.com
>Subject: Re: Antoine!
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>Vinny said:
>
>: GIVE ME MY ANTOINE!  Double/double Antoine!  30 points and 11 rebounds!  It
>: sure sounded like Dick Stockton and Hubie Brown were super impressed with
>: him tonight!
>
>As Tommy might say: I love Antoine!
>
>In all honesty, I spent the majority of the first half in a pretty-near
>state of shock.  I simply cannot believe this is the same player I watched
>a year ago.  All the bad stuff I said and thought about Walker (FT
>shooting being the exception) I now retract.  We knew he could rebound.
>We knew he had nice moves to the basket.  We knew he could drain the 3
>with some (ish) consistency.  But the passing!  Oh, the passing!  Again, I
>watched with near incredulity as he made pass after pass in the first
>half.  And we're not just talking desperation, "damn I've got three guys
>on me, I have to pass!", passing, we're talking flow-of-the-game,
>make-the-extra-pass, hit-the-open-guy passing.  The Antoine I remember
>from his first two seasons would ignore (or not be aware of?) the open man
>and make those crazy drives to the hoop, ending in a blown opportunity or
>a wild shot.  Or he'd just sit behind the arc and toss up threes like they
>were going out of style.  The #8 I saw out there tonight was *a different
>player* (the two ill-advised threes towards the end of the 1st half
>excepted).  I'm much impressed.  Thank goodness he's our for a good while
>to come, I think we're really seeing the start of something quite special
>here.  Walker-Pierce-Mercer...makes me shiver just thinking about it.
>
>- - Rob
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