Fw: PAYTON WANTS TO BE A CELTIC.

["Joshua Ozersky" <jozersky@stny.rr.com>]

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From: faiz kalyani <fkalyani@sprint.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 1:01 AM
Subject: PAYTON WANTS TO BE A CELTIC.


>Gary Payton has expressed concerns with Sonic management.  He feels that
>the Sonics will not be as competitive as they were in the past.  He said if
>the Sonics dont resign Vin Baker, he will surely want out.  He has a list
of
>teams he wishes to be dealt to (in order): 1) LA Lakers, 2) Miami Heat, 3)
>Houston
>Rockets and 4) Boston Celtics.  He said this in the Seattle paper.
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>The reason he said Boston is because he lived there for four years when he
>was a child and his mother loves it there.  He loves Boston as a city and
he
>is a relly good friend of Pitino.  Payton  saidthe Celtics are only a few
>steps from being solid contenders.
>I think Payton would be great fit for this team.  What do u guys think?
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