Re: Vecsey Says: Olympics A Pipe Dream For Walker

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's hoping no Celts go to the Olympics. It's a joke.

DanF

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From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: Vecsey Says: Olympics A Pipe Dream For Walker


> '04 OLYMPICS A PIPE DREAM FOR WALKER
>
> Peter Vecsey
> NY Post
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> December 3, 2002 -- LIKE teammate Paul Pierce (and Baron Davis), Antoine
> Walker has no chance of being asked to play on the '04 Dream Team.
> Taunting Larry Brown last season, among other coaches, has come back to
> haunt him.
> Being passed over greatly upset Phil Jackson. In fact, when it got out
> Brown was the prohibitive favorite, Laker executive Jeannie Buss
> contacted specific Selection Committee members to campaign for her
> boyfriend. When various elite players (excluding Shaq and Kobe) were
> informally polled about whom the committee was considering as coach,
> they all said they'd love to play for Brown. Look for World Games
> assistant Gregg Popovich to do likewise in the qualifying tournament and
> in Athens. <snop>