Re: Samaki Walker

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

So now apparently the deal is Mercer and Ellison for
Walker.  This still doesn't smell right.  Ellison has
only one year left, and it's not like we can use his
2.5 million to add to the veteran exception, contra
what Tom Murphy says.  I want a pick and/or Ansu Sesay
into this deal, but even then we have too many
forwards.  Can Nash be involved? Unlikely. I don't
understand this deal.  Even if you are in love with
Samaki Walker, it seems like he could be had for less.
 The least Pitino could do, and this may well happen,
is to get himself relieved of Popeye Jones and his
three year guaranteed contract.  That's the least a
team owned by Ross Perot Jr. can do to get a player
like Ron.

--- j.hironaka@unesco.org wrote:
> Gene Kirkpatrick wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Hello, thanks for the nice post.
> 
> In a sign-and-trade, I assume the Mavs can't demand
> a lot in return for a
> guy (Samaki W.) who played just 14 minutes per game
> AND is a free agent.
> We don't have to offer Dallas very much. He's surely
> leaving anyway.
> 
> I believe Dallas was the other major suitor last
> year for the services of
> Olive Oil Jones. It seems plausible they would take
> him back, whether or
> not he shows he's recovered from the ACL. Pervis
> might be another option.
> 
> If Ron Mercer were actually involved in this
> scenario, I would think the
> Mavs would give a lot more in return (say
> Pitino-crush Nowitzki at the
> VERY least). This is pathetic wishful thinking, but
> I wonder what 4th-year
> player Michael Finley's salary cap figure is?
> 
> I'm starting to agree with you that we might as well
> just keep Ron Mercer.
> Certainly not throw him away for a combination of
> lesser players. As poor
> a one-on-one NBA shot creater as he is IMO, he's
> still a better dribbler
> than Reggie Miller and has a comparable knack for
> moving without the ball.
> I wish Mercer would surprise all of us by coming to
> camp with a 3-point
> shot. Wouldn't the Celts be something if he did?
> 
> ****
> 
> 

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