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

At this stage, every quoted NBA source and all the 
Seattle papers are openly mocking Chris Wallace. I've 
never before seen such league-wide head-scratching over a 
trade.

That being the case, Chris Wallace has every right to 
gloat if he turns out to be right (just don't blame 
luxury cap constraints if he is wrong). Rarely is one 
man's hunch so distinct from peer opinion.

He and Shira Springer are among the only people 
supporting this deal. Even Obie sounds slightly sickened 
by losing an ideal fit in Rodney Rogers, for an unknown 
fit in Baker.

When all is said and done, its not a matter of whether 
Baker can play....he's fat and has 9 years on his treads, 
but he's not an Ike Austin or something. 

Potentially he can be VERY good for a year, two years, 
maybe even the life of his contract. His best years were 
much better than Ike Austin's.

Count me as one fan who thinks a low post game ranks as 
one of the most aesthetically fascinating things about 
NBA basketball, right after great playmaking (point guard 
or point forward).

In the perfect case scenario, we all know Vin Baker can 
be great for the Boston Celtics...a top three center in 
the East from the get go. 

Its the whole range of downside risks involved that make 
the trade so hard to defend. Let's just try to be 
positive.

As for getting a draft pick (Seattle is a good bet to 
fade in the standings), I say why bother? We won't re-
sign one anyway. And what's more clear than ever is that 
Chris Wallace talks-the-talk about being patient, but 
he's quick to jetison our 20-year-olds(in this case for 
zero upside acquisitions like Tony Delk or, quite 
possibly, Shammond Williams). 

I guess you can justify it because our rookies turned out 
to be "busts".

You wonder if other teams are just as eager to part with 
Radmanovic, Rodney White, Sagana Diop, Troy Murphy,  
Michael Bradley, Steven Hunter and all the other guys we 
presumably "should have picked" in that draft range 
rather than Joe, Kedrick and Joe. Oh yeah, but those 
other guys are still young. There's a big difference, 
don't you see? 

Joe Johnson is actually tearing up the Summer circuit. 
He's a talent. Kedrick Brown (luckily) joined Forte as 
first team All Shaw. How fast do you think Wallace can 
trade Kedrick for 30-year-old veteran bench help, if the 
Celts start to struggle in February?

Joe H.

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