Re: For those searching for positives...

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

Good, Roy. I like the positive attitude.

But forget Rogers. Signing Rogers worked on the premise 
that cap room will be available after one year. If they 
plan to re-sign Rogers now, it will be in 2006.

Personally, I'm still hoping someone will flunk a 
physical to rescind the trade. 

But yeah, its not like we didn't get a good player. If we 
can somehow keep team chemistry as great as it was last 
year. That's the key. 

No question, its DJ Redux....missing piece, third All 
Star, cancer, best years behind him joins Celtics team 
with two 24+ ppg scorers.

You've all read it, but here again is that 
Sonicscentral.com overview on Baker's coachability and 
work ethic. It really makes me worry, while hoping for 
the best:

http://www.sonicscentral.com/baker.html
Baker came out of the blocks in slow motion and was a key 
part of the poor start which lead to the dismissal of 
coach Paul Westphal. Westphal later blamed Baker -- not 
Gary Payton, who most had fingered -- for his firing. New 
coach Nate McMillan sent Baker to the bench, hoping that 
he would be sparked by anger and would fit in better 
playing behind new center Patrick Ewing as opposed to 
alongside with him. The move did not pay off. Baker 
continued to play terribly, and the team's fortune did 
not change dramatically. By the end of the season, it 
appeared that Vin was already packing his bags to leave 
town. In early April, Baker was thrown out of practice 
after yelling at McMillan. Later in the month, Sonic 
owner Howard Schultz said what all fans were thinking by 
questioning Baker's willingness to play through injuries 
and hustle in an article in the Seattle P-I. 


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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : celtics@igtc.com
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> Date    : Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:58:30 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject : For those searching for positives...
> 
> -Baker is motivated to play in Boston.  His favorite 
player (and mine),
> that he patterns his game after is Kevin Mchale.  He'll 
put out good
> effort.  Larry said was a fan of Baker when he wrote 
his book about
> coaching the pacers.  He mentioned about 10 players he 
liked including
> Antoine and Kenny.
> 
> -The current staff gets players to hustle.  Plus 
Individually, just about
> all of last years squad have had reputations as iffy 
defenders in the
> past. Yet, Anderson, Walker, Rodgers became forces and 
stoppers in one of
> the best defenses in the league.
> 
> -"Money in the bank low post scoring" is exponentially 
valuable in
> basketball.  That's why the recent players with even 
the potential to be
> first options (Ilgauskas, Duncan, Gasol, Brand, 
Olowakandi) will get, or
> have gotten the max.
> 
> -Obie doesn't appreciate mid range shooters, so Joe and 
Potapenko would
> have gotten minor roles. He likes inside scorers, or 
bomb squads.
> You just know the coach has dreamed of having point 
guards like Shammond
> and Delk(pure shooters with some athleticism).  (Obrien 
never gushed about
> loving Kenny even though he was so good last year).  
But he loves his
> three point shooting 6'7" Center.  Even now wants to 
sign him thinks of
> little else these days. That's why Kedrick and Bremer 
will get their shot
> but Forte and Potapenko won't.  Too bad about Joe, he's 
good.  I bet
> Obrien would even try to steer Iverson and Jordan from 
their midrange
> games :)
> 
> -30 yrs old isn't over the hill.  I've heard players 
like Magic say that a
> basketball player peaks at 32 (physical and mental 
maturity) or so.
> 
> -Put me on record as liking the trade(short term), and 
for saying that
> Obie/Wallace will still try resigning, not replacing 
Rogers (I heard we
> have extra cap savings now).  Prediction: The C's 
offense will become like
> the Lakers of the east once they have some months to 
gel and they'll
> be in the finals within the next two years.
> 
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