Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V6 #8

["Championship 17" <celticky33@hotmail.com>]

>Williams not only ate himself out of a job in Washington, he did the 
same with
>the Clippers, where Larry Brown was a big advocate for him. Then, Brown 
hired
>him AGAIN in Indiana, and the same thing happened. If a demanding coach 
like
>Brown couldn't get the guy in gear (not to mention the prospect of all 
those
>lost dollars), why would RP and another bagful of money make any 
difference?



*** When Larry Brown signed him up, John 'hot plate' was signed AS IS.  
Bloated and all.  But this time, there were reports that he has lost a 
great amount of weight.  Thus, this is an indication that he has finally 
resolve to pick up from where he left off 10 years ago.

Re: his knee...you got a good point there.  The condition of his knees 
are really suspect at best.  fyi, he is only 32 years old.  


? Besides the weight and motivation issues, Williams also has a balky
>knee, AND he's not young anymore; that was 10 years ago he was "one of 
the
>youngest players in the league." I would absolutely, positively, under 
any
>circumstances NOT want to lose Popeye to add Williams. (Besides, how 
would
>that free up any cap room??)



If the Cs renounce Popeye, that would free up about 1.9 M in cap room. 
Hot Plate certainly would not demand to be paid  more than Popeye.

btw, I love Popeye too...Im just mentioning the probabilities.  Signing 
Hot Plate AND Popeye seems illogical.  

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