RE: Gary in Green -Reply

["Odegaard, Greg M." <GMOdegaa@RMC.com>]

And yesterday on ESPN and all major newspaper, TV and radio stations in
Seattle he stated he wanted out if they didn't make the necessary moves this
summer to improve.  On KJR's Mitch on the Midday he interviewed the Glove
yesterday and he emphasized again his overall disgust with management and
his emphatic desire to win a title during his career and in his opinion they
were going backwards at a rapid rate.  He emphasized his interest in playing
with his new best friend Vin Baker and he also like playing much with the
newer European player on the team (name escapes me).

So whatever was reported 2 days ago was only the first volley in this
clearly growing "problem" with Gary being in Seattle.  

Most major trades in the last 10 years have little to do with "needs" and
much to do with getting rid of your problems, headcases and soon to be gone
free agents.  If Gary doesn't want to be in Seattle he then needs to be
somewhere else and that leaves only 28 options of which last time I checked
Boston was included in this group.

BTW nice game by Pippen and Barkley, maybe they some tiny spark left in
their bags of tricks.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Falcone [mailto:FalconeR@nvg.com]
Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 4:06 AM
To: celtics@igtc.com; GMOdegaa@RMC.com
Subject: Gary in Green -Reply


Sorry to burst everyone's bubble about the possibility of a trade for Gary
Payton, but on TNT two nights ago, he unequivocally stated "...I will not
play on a different team than the Seattle Supersonics." [verbatim]

He went on to say that he loved Seattle, and that a trade to a different
team would likely hasten his decision to retire.  FWIW.

Ryan