RE: Callahan on Baker

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Vitaly trade happened because Boston won 36 games in 
Pitino's first year; had won 50+ in his previous second 
year coaching for the Knicks; and, above all, because 
Andrew DeClerq was our starting center. Chris Wallace 
didn't trade Andre Miller for Vitaly. That's just 
hindsight talking. 

I wish it had never happened too, but it was clearly a 
matter of Pitino not coming through in season two as 
expected, in the coaching department. 

I think Pitino truly assumed there was zero chance of 
Boston being back in the lottery, once we put a center in 
there taller than 6-10 and weighing better than 220. I 
think the entire organization worked off of that basic 
assumption. 

If you want to call it incompetence on Wallace's part, go 
ahead. I don't really care to defend the guy. You know 
how I felt about the Baker trade. And if he's trying to 
pass the buck onto Gaston, I don't think that's 
reasonable. 

JH



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