Re: Lewis putting the finanical screws to the Sonics

[CeltsSteve@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 7/20/02 8:48:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Celtic4Hire@AOL.com writes:



> One thing for sure is that Lewis complaining is keeping the pressure on 
> Seattle to make a Baker deal. Now that Watson is out of the picture, you 
> look 
> at Seattle's roster and try to see what else they could do to sweeten the 
> deal. The only other reasonable guy that we would want would be Mason or 
> Radmanovic and they aren't going to do that. Therefore, the only other way 
> is 
> to add a no.1 pick....



Baker and a future #1 for V and Kenny, huh? Well if Watson is out of the 
picture and I'm the C's I also tell them I don't want Shammond Williams. We 
already have an emerging Joe Forte who is bigger than Shammond and can add a 
rebounding presence in the backcourt in addition to his scoring prowess. And 
I've never witnessed any mid-range game to speak of from SW, either. But I 
absolutely agree with you, DJ. The Sonics need to sweeten the deal because 
the C's are doing the Sonics a favor by taking on VB's contract.

If Seattle is trying to demand that the C's give up Forte as part of the deal 
then tell them to go pound sand. And if the C's front office is trying to 
dump Forte then C's fans should tell Thanksdad to go pound sand.

As I said before, the Baker deal represents a high risk/high reward scenario. 
IF Baker is healthy and could be a 15-10 a night guy, then the C's win the 
East next year. Hands down. 

Bottom line: Baker and a future #1 for V and Kenny, huh?  I say sit tight for 
awhile and make Seattle sweat. There is more urgency on them to make this 
deal then there is on the C's. 

CeltsSteve 

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