Re: Baker

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

Baker is a big crapshoot. I don't know what has happened to him, but it
seems it was something that went around in the Shawn Kemp trade as both have
ballooned into huge overpaid bums. Is he worth dumping Anderson and VP for
if he agreed to restructure ?  Good question.

We do not have room for Sesar and 3 draft picks, which in the teens probably
won't account to much,   Walker still shoots way too much and has little
inside game , but we don't have anyone else, and we still suck. Some major
moves have to be made. I would like to get Szczerbiak out of Minnesota for a
draft pick.





----- Original Message -----
From: <Celtic4Hire@AOL.com>
To: <nbaj2k@home.com>
Cc: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Baker


> I don't understand two threads of logic shown on this thread: 1) draft and
> develop. Hello, we just drafted a guy to develop and he won't be able to
help
> significantly for 2-3 years. Now I am not advocating trading away our
draft
> picks. However, to think we are going to get an impact player from the
draft
> this day and age and from our likely drafting position is slim and none.
2)
> Inside scorers don't grow and trees. There isn't many in the NBA. Walker
> isn't a true inside scorer. I don't know where people think the
improvement
> will come but I have identified low post veteran scoring of the bench as a
> way that the team can improve. I hear a lot of hindsight complaining of
why
> we didn't get so and so. Oakley was thought of being toast and he
stablized
> the Raptors when they traded for him. You just don't get something for
> nothing. You have to take risks, especially for the rare inside scorers
and
> centers.
>
> We can talk all we want about getting other players at the 2 thru 4 spots
but
> would they be playing instead of Walker, Pierce and Stith? I don't think
so.
> Do you want to develop another Billups for a few years? Do you think
Pierce
> will resign in a couple years if we still haven't put this together?
>
> Get it together, guys. Apparently there are still people who believe that
we
> are somehow going to get lucky and Tim Duncan, Mutombo or someone like
that
> is going to sign with us for the mid-year exception...
>
> That being said, I went to the Realgm site and looked at the salaries. I
have
> to admit that Baker's contract is a hogger. It goes through 2006 at around
15
> million. It would be a heck of risk, at least with Gaston as an owner. I
> agree that it really dwarfs Anderson's salary and Seattle must be shaking
in
> their boots thinking they got to pay him six more years at 13-15 million
per
> with his present play. I have never proposed including Walker in this
deal.
> However, I think there would be some combination of salaries(Brown,
> Anderson,VP) that I would be willing to trade to get Baker.
>
> For those who you would said not no but "hell no", please share your offer
of
> alternative improvement...
>
> DJessen33
>
>