Re: [Fwd: WALKER TO CHICAGO REPORTED!]

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

I thought the 6-9 measurement was in sneakers.  Fizer actually underperformed
until this season. He had a great summer and a great year, but on a team that
lacked height he wasn't a productive rebounder. If he's really 6-9, maybe his
potential "upside" will be that of Maurice Taylor. You never know. I do know that
Pitino needs to work this kid out several times against Moiso or whomever before
he agrees to the deal as constituted. We can't go into next season with Pierce as
our only proven above-average talent. Which free agent is going to want to come
to Boston/Poultryville next year with that as the team's nucleus?

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Thndrblt31@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/3/00 2:39:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> j.hironaka@unesco.org writes:
>
> << Frankly this trade rumor doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me and I
> won't
>  lose sleep over it, considering that to our knowledge Pitino never worked
> out or
>  expressed interest in Pfizer, at 6-7 he doesn't fit the roving shot blocking
>  power forward role anymore than Fortson or Toine, he was a below-average
> college
>  rebounder (quite unlike Brand or even Odom), plus Pitino reportedly would
> only
>  trade Antoine for a proven, young NBA player. >>
>
> Fizer measured in at 6-9, dispensing all the rumors that had him listed at
> shorter heights.  He does seem like an anti-Toine though.  Very athletic,
> stays in the low post, extremely hard worker.  This guy just dominated
> everyone in college, although I don't know how that would equate in the NBA.
>
> Like Mark Berry, I thought Brand would be a bust.  But he turned out to
> become one of the best power forwards in the east.  But Fizer isn't exactly
> Elton Brand.
>
> But this team does need some kind of shake-up, even if it does drop the
> talent level severely.  Maybe Boston is trying to go the way of Orlando
> (trading away their superstar for cheap guys).  Too bad we don't have the
> superstar appeal (i.e. $$$) they do.
>
> Thndrblt31