RE: Wallace and Baker were on "The Zone"

["Orion" <jlyell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Troy Hudson or Greg Anthony could both help us a reasonable price.

What about a guy like Moochie Norris? Is he a free agent? How about Mike
Penberthy, Curtis Staples, Joe Crispin, Khalid Reeves  or Derrick Dial for a
cheap pickup? They all have decent scoring ability. Dial is 6'6". Penberthy
played well for the Lakers a few years ago.

Cedric Ceballos is a cheap replacement for Rogers at the 3.


John









> Wallace says they decided they can get by at point guard this season. Says
> if Philly makes the playoffs, we get two first-rounders next season in a
> deep point guard draft. Says none of the guys on the roster are 30 mpg
point
> guards. Says they'll be scouring the free agent and waiver wire. He was
> asked about guys they would look at and the first name out of his mouth
was
> Damon Jones (ugh). Also mentioned Greg Anthony (better), Troy Hudson and
> Chris Childs. Said all of those guys believe they'll get more than the
> minimum, but Wallace isn't so sure. I think it's Damon Jones.
>
> Wallace says Baker was an "assumable risk." Of course, he quoted his
numbers
> against the Eastern Conference. Said the PF/C rotation of Antoine, Baker
and
> Battie takes a back seat to no one in the East.
>
> On Forte, Wallace eventually said they "had to" include Forte to make the
> numbers work "for us." In other words, they wanted to dump his salary. I
> guess he's just the "price of doing business." I've heard that way too
much
> from Wallace.
>
> Baker was very nice (everyone says he's a nice guy). Says he's about five
or
> six pounds away from where he wants to be. Says it looks like he'll play
> center most of the time and a little PF. That means Battie to the bench
(I'm
> sure he'll love that). Compares Shammond Williams, developmentally, to
Eric
> Snow when Snow left Seattle for Philly. Baker says he has a much better
> "support group" in Boston, including his mom and dad (he is 30 years old,
> right?).
>
> MY OPINION: The one thing I was hoping from this trade was that the Celts
> would go with a big frontline of Baker, Battie and Walker. Battie could
have
> guarded the more dangerous forward. Offensively, it would have given the
> Celts three post-up options in Antoine, Baker and Pierce. Antoine has
always
> been his best against smaller defenders. And Battie is a better player
than
> Eric Williams. The big lineup would have put Ewill on the bench instead of
> Battie. But it's not going to happen. At least, not much.
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