Re: McDonough: Gaston Hates Larry

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

Gaston better do something because there are few people out that can help
this team. Pitino was brought in to attract players to Boston and failed
miserably. There isn't a top notch free agent that has considered Boston in
10 years and unless we free up some cap room, trades or the draft & another
10 years of rebuilding attempts are the only possibility.

John



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Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 2:38 AM
Subject: McDonough: Gaston Hates Larry


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http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/013/sports/Scenarios_just_myth_the_point+.
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> Scenarios just myth the point
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> By Will McDonough, Globe Columnist, 1/13/2001
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> Larry Bird isn't walking through any door with the Celtics logo on it in
> the near future. Bird coming to Boston to rescue his old team after the
> departure of Rick Pitino is a myth.
>
>
> For one, owner Paul Gaston can't stand Bird. Said one high-ranking
> official within the past week: ''[Gaston] will never sell it to any
> group that has Bird in it. He feels Bird treated him badly after he left
> Boston.''
>
>
> Secondly, Bird is supposed to be the front man for a group led by Steve
> Belkin of Trans National Travel. Belkin is very successful, but he
> doesn't have the $200 million it takes to buy the Celtics. Belkin has
> been around town trying to induce successful businessmen to join his
> effort. Ask yourself this: If you had money, would you want to buy a
> piece of the Celtics now? Would you want to have Larry Bird, putting no
> money into the deal himself, running the show with your money on the
> line?
>
>
> Said someone close to Gaston this week: ''There's nothing going on. The
> other guys can't come up with the money.''
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