Re: Martin, Fizer, etc

["Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr." <jaims@philonline.com>]

I would only trade Walker plus whoever if it would land us one of these
players:

Tim Duncan (most unlikely...how we all wish!)
Grant Hill
Chris Webber
Alonzo Mourning
Vince Carter

Besides these players mentioned above, it's definitely a risk or a no
brainer boo boo to trade a young talent like Antoine.  I honestly, used to
bash his immaturity and most evidently his shot selection (4-18, 5-23 etc fg
shooting) but I think, all this young player needs is a very good
coach/teacher (preferably a Larry Bird- look at Croshere and Jalen Rose
now!) to hone his skills and to focus mentally.  Obviously, Pitino is not
the coach/teacher for our core talents such as Walker and Pierce and
V...even Anderson.

What we need, IMO, is a fresh new faces in the management and coaching
areas...that's the problem not our superstars.

Jaims
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Bird <edbeegus@yahoo.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 4:33 AM
Subject: Martin, Fizer, etc


> Hey everybody. Maybe its just me, but I'm tired of
> everybody saying how they'll trade Walker for example
> just to get a Kenyon Martin, Marcus Fizer, or similar
> talent. I know probably 80% of this list are Walker
> haters and want him gone for nothing, but these guys
> haven't set a foot in the NBA yet. Who knows what
> they'll prove out to be. I'm a rare Walker supporter
> and don't want him out of here for anything. Its funny
> how when Walker has a bad game our fans want to
> crucify him. But yet when others have a bad game, it
> goes without complaint for the most part. Whether
> people like it or not, Walker is by far our best
> player out there. He's been consistent and any big guy
> that can do it all and handle the ball is fine in my
> book. But as far as trading him for rookies, whom we
> don't know if they'll be a future star or a future
> bust, that's very risky in my mind. If we're going to
> trade our franchise, it better be for some solid
> players. But maybe I'm in the minority...
>
> -Ed "Bird33"
>
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