Re: This is the mentality of Celtics fans

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I don't know how else to say it.  We are not giving up
Mercer for Samaki Walker.  We are also getting a
number one pick back.  That is a number one pick from
Dallas.  That is how we got Mercer to begin with. 
That is how we got Antoine Walker.  That is how we can
get great young talent even if we make the playoffs. 
That is how we got Len Bias, despite having just won
the championship.  Anyway, we have to trade Ron.  This
is obviously the best Pitino thinks he can get.  What
I find interesting is that if Walker is such a loser,
why did Nelson offer him 5 Million a year, and Samaki
decline it?  Why is Pat Riley after him?  (I think its
safe to assume that any contract we get Samaki to sign
will be heavily laden with games-missed incentives.


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> You forget that Samaki played 43 and 41 games in his
> first two 82 game seasons,
> and 39 last year.  Not exactly reliable...
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> I agree that he did have a pretty good tear of
> strong games in his second
> season, but Mercer's performance over his first two
> seasons is head and
> shoulders above Walker's.  Do you really want to
> give up that much for so
> little?
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> Chris
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> Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> on 07/29/99 07:47:17 PM
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> The reason why fans always rip GMs so much for not
> making trades
> is because they have no clue what is realistically
> available.
> I'd rather send Mercer to San Antonio for three
> first rounders
> and Tim Duncan but that's completely irrelevant.
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> Another point - Samaki Walker's second year stats
> compare favorably
> with Tony Battie's second year stats (except
> shotblocking). They both
> also played on teams with identical 19-31 records.
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> T Battie: 22.4 mpg, 6.7 ppg (51.9% fg), 6.0 rpg,
> 1.42 bpg
> S Walker: 25.0 mpg, 8.9 ppg (48.6% fg), 7.4 rpg,
> 0.98 bpg
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> Admittedly Samaki regressed in his third year but
> that's the reason
> that he's available, and probably he can be signed
> up long-term for
> relatively cheap. But many people feel that Battie
> has great potential
> beyond what his stats would indicate; perhaps Samaki
> is a similar type
> of player.
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> With more minutes, he might be a 12 ppg, 10 rpg, 1.5
> bpg performer
> which in my mind is easily worth giving up Mercer
> for.
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> Alex
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> > from the newsgroup:
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> > If we give up one of our top scorers for two
> players who SUCK and a =
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> > pick,  how does that bring the C's any closer to
> the playoffs next =
> > season?
> > Pitino will be run out of town if they don't make
> the playoffs as he
> > promised,  so I seriously doubt the Dallas trade
> would happen.
> > I'd rather send Mercer to Denver for Fortson and a
> 1st round pick.
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> > 1 Anderson
> > 2 Pierce
> > 3 Walker
> > 4 Fortson
> > 5 Potapenko
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