Re: Samaki Walker

[Shailendra Mishra <shailendra_mishra@yahoo.com>]

How about Popeye for Samaki Walker in a sign and trade. After all
Dallas was one of the teams listed as being interested in Popeye Jones.
- Mishra

--- Gene Kirkpatrick <gkir@tjc.tyler.cc.tx.us> wrote:
> I'm never sure whether my replies to someone make it
> to the list or
> not.  I am clearly in favor of acquiring Samaki
> Walker.  He was, as
> you remember, Dallas' choice after the switcheroo
> that brought us
> Antoine and left Dallas with Montross.  
> 
> I thought that Dallas should have played Trent,
> Walker, Finley, Nash
> and ? at center and they would have been better. 
> Nelson and his
> Europeans remind me of Timothy Leary, who once had
> some sense. 
> Anyway, Samaki has great size and reach.  He is a
> force in the paint
> with good rebounding ability, toughness, good
> shot-blocking ability, a
> nice short jumper, a turnaround jumper; he's good. 
> I can't say he
> will be Horace Grant by Christmas, but he can play
> and should give us
> what Popeye was supposed to give us.  Now, if we add
> S. Walker, get
> Popeye back and keep Battie, I would say we're ready
> for war.
> 
> Dallas must feel they're going to resign Gary Trent.
>  Trent, more
> than the Europeans, took time from Walker, but Trent
> can't be the
> rebounder/shot-blocker that Walker is.  Trent is
> only contributing if
> he's scoring 15 or so.  Walker could give us six
> rebounds, two blocks
> and six points and we'd be happy.  Put him beside
> Antoine and VP and
> I'd call that a front line.
> 
> Giving up Mercer for S. Walker doesn't seem quite
> even.  If Dallas is
> ready to sweeten that somehow, I could be convinced.
>  But they have
> Finley and sixteen seven-foot Europeans who all play
> small forward
> plus Trent.  What's the deal there?  Where would
> Mercer fit?
> 
> Anyway, cheers to the group.  
> 
> Gene
> 
> 

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