Re: Plateful from Bulpett -Reply

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

This is just a message to Antoine I think.  No way
does Rick Trade him for a pedestrian scorer like Vin
Baker.  If Antoine ever does get traded it has to be
for Shareef, or two Vin Bakers.  I would really lose
my moorings if we ever lost Antoine.  He IS this team,
and the only true leader/competitor on it.  The rest
of the guys are sad sacks in comparison.  I don't like
reading this, and am looking forward to seeing it put
to rest.  Expect Antoine to clear up the
misunderstanding (and rehire his trainer) soon.

--- Ryan Falcone <FalconeR@nvg.com> wrote:
> >>> <DJessen33@aol.com> 07/02/99 07:06am >>>
> Vin is in. I would think Mercer would 
> be resigned if Walker is traded. Like Bulpett said,
> it would be tricky to be 
> able to clear cap room. How do you do that without
> getting equal value in
> return? The sign and trade with Seattle seems to be
> the most realistic....
> 
> DJessen33   <<<
> 
> 
> I like the thought of replacing Antoine Walker with
> a true post-up threat
> (although not necessarily Vin Baker).  With this
> type of player
> commanding defensive attention in the low post, the
> perimeter games of
> Mercer and Pierce would be an even more significant
> facet of the
> offense than is true currently, as teams would be
> wary of doubling
> down for fear of giving up wide open 18 footers to
> Ron or 3-pointers to
> Paul.
> 
> I'm not clear on this trade business about Walker,
> though.  Isn't Baker a
> free agent?  So why wouldn't the Celtics look to
> sign him rather than
> trade for him, aside from potential cap limitations?
>  Or is Seatlle looking to
> sign-and-trade Baker for Walker?
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
> 

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