RE: "I'd love to play in New York!"

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

Although Baker has yet to get back into shape, he was an all-star player. 
His game is pretty much inside so his FG% should be better than someone 
launching 3's.  I would keep Walker and make the package with Mercer.





On Saturday, July 24, 1999 2:09 PM, DJessen33@aol.com 
[SMTP:DJessen33@aol.com] wrote:
> << The dirty
>  little secret concerning Vin Baker is that he's a loser, always has 
been,
>  and he's the quintessential "good numbers but nothing else" player.  >>
>
> What a spin. You should go to work for Clinton. That shooting percentage 
-
> 50% during a bad year, that's just good numbers. Walkers 42%, well, he is 
> just having an off year. His numbers may not be as good but he wants to 
win
> harder than Baker. Yeah, that's it....Ah, Paul. Baker is a 4 time 
all-star.
> That is 4 times out of 6 years and one of the those years (last year), 
they
> didn't have an all-star team. But still, that "veteran all-star", the
> one-time allstar, A Walker, is better ...One other thought for you guys 
that
> want to keep this team together as is. If NBC and Stern thought this team 
was
> going to be a good and exciting as is, we would be on national TV alot 
more
> than TWO times. Maybe Walker passing the ball to someone in the stands or 
his
> little baby trantrums doesn't sell that well. I guess they also aren't 
clued
> into the potential greatness of Walker...
>
> DJessen33
>
> DJessen33
>