Re: Rumor talk

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

I think the idea was to have Fortson play the 4 and Walker the 3. It did not
work out & Pitino confirmed this. So as you mention they play the same spot,
Walker is getting big mucks and going to play 36-40 minutes a game so that
does not leave much for Fortson unless they think he can play the 5 spot
which at 6'7' is questionable.  But then Cowens & Unseld had great careers
and Rodman has dominated the boards at 6'7" ?




----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Wang" <awang@mit.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: Rumor talk


> From Vecsey: "Danny Fortson isn't being shopped by Rick Pitino nearly as
> intently as Eric Williams. Fortson's on the end of his deal. Williams has
> four years left totaling $25M."
>
> Really, no surprise here. The only thing I could really see is us taking
> a truly wretched player back with a shorter contract, and maybe throwing
> in a second round pick. And you know how the media would spin it: "Pitino
> flip-flopped on Eric Williams again."
>
> Bulpett's article in the Herald was pretty interesting: "It was pointed
out
> quite correctly by one NBA type, who said, ``If you looked out on the
court
> during the All-Star Game, there wasn't one player who had a body like
> Walker's. If he ever gets to the point where he realizes how important
> his body is to his game, he is going to be a scary player.''"
>
> I think there seems to be a consensus about this among "NBA types". Pitino
> mentioned on his show how Rod Thorn said pretty much the same thing.
>
> The trade of Hughes reminded me a bit of our own situation with Walker
> and Fortson. You have two guys who ideally play the same position - SG
> in Philly's case. Do you have Iverson, the more talented player, play
> somewhat out of position (at PG) to accomodate the other player?
>
> Alex
>
>