Re: V.Baker Article

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

Mike:

Thanks for posting this URL. Its actually a surprising 
read, critical but balanced.

I didn't realize Baker ranks seventh in the NBA in 
offensive boards per minute. I just hope he can get his 
fouls down. He does seem like a good team chemistry 
addition, man you could do a lot worse.

Really, its not all bad. Out of this trade, I was 
wishfully thinking for maybe 45 minutes of quality 
playing time between the two, with at least 16 points and 
maybe 7 boards, 1.8 steals, 3.6 assists. And that's what 
we've been getting so far, thanks to Shammond. 

Kenny and Pot would have barely contributed this year for 
Boston, due to injuries. I just hope Vin Baker continues 
to show a good attitude and improves his game toward the 
level of, say, Derrick Coleman of the Sixers. 


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> 
> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : Celtics List<celtics@igtc.com>
> Cc      : 
> Date    : Wed, 11 Dec 2002 07:27:14 -0700
> Subject : V.Baker Article
> 
> This from the 11 December Standard Times. Article 
written by Tim Weisberg:
> Baker: 'I'm going to have my turn'
> After a recent Celtics victory, a tall figure bursts 
into the long corridor 
> that leads to the Boston locker room, deep in the 
bowels of the 
> FleetCenter.  As he passes by anyone -- whether it be 
security guards, ball 
> boys, or team personnel -- he takes high fives and 
soaks up the praise of 
> "good game," and "nice job out there." This is a player 
who just turned in 
> only seven points and one rebound in twelve minutes of 
action, twelve 
> minutes in which he was just one personal foul shy of 
being ejected from 
> the game.  It's a shadow of the former All-Star player 
he once was, just 
> the bare minimum that a maximum-contract player should 
provide.
> 
> Rest of story at:
> http://www.s-t.com/daily/12-02/12-11-02/c01sp095.htm
> 
> Later.Mike
> 
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