Re: Plateful from Bulpett -Reply

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

It might be a message to Antoine or it may be reality. FoR sportscaster
Bob Lobel (FoR: Friend of Rick), as I mentioned in another post,
emphasized
in his sportscast last night, that the only untouchable was Pierce, and
I doubt Antoine had access to Channel 4 in Boston on his dish - He'd be
too 
busy playing with his Nintendo and Playstation.    

Concerning a deal involving Antoine for Baker: I didn't get that
connotation
from the Bulpett article.  He said they would move Walker to clear up
cap space - nothing about a Baker for Walker deal in itself. I was
thinking Walker
might be dealt to one of the under the cap teams like Chicago for ???,
and then they
just sign Baker - not a sign and trade.

I guess we'll know in August.
Ray

> Subject: Re: Plateful from Bulpett -Reply
> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 04:50:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
> To: Ryan Falcone <FalconeR@nvg.com>, DJessen33@aol.com, celtics@igtc.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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