Re: Austin

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

Its not like Tony Battie gives us anything.  I agree he does make a lot of
money and excpt for the one year in Miami has been an underachiever, but I
would hate to see the Lakers get him to fill a weakness where we just suck
at the 5 spot.

.



----- Original Message -----
From: <Georgek27@aol.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Austin


> In a message dated 1/23/00 4:17:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> johnlyell@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Rumor has it the Lakers are interested in Austin to add some beef to
back
> up Shaq.
>
>  We should move Battie in a package for Austin. >>
>
> Austin sucks.  His average game is 7-8 pts, 5 rebounds and he makes a lot
of
> money.  There's a reason he keeps getting traded.  He would also make the
> team slower.  He's not the answer.
>
> George
>
>