Vin Baker

["Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vinny made ESPN's list as one of the top 10 cancers in the NBA.

10. Vin Baker
Before he was traded to the Celtics, here's the impact Baker had on Seattle 
last season: with him, the Sonics were 26-29. When he was out of the lineup, 
they were 23-4. Enough said? Maybe not. Here's what an NBA scout recently 
told SI about the Sonics going into this season, without Baker: "There was a 
bad aura around him that carried over to the other players, plus he demanded 
the ball and took a lot of time when he got it, which bogged down the 
offense."

And here's what ESPN.com's Frank Hughes wrote about Boston's acquisition of 
Baker: "It might look good for a month, it might look good for four months. 
But I know Vin Baker ... this is his modus operandi on a basketball court: 
Work really hard for a little while, because he wants to prove people wrong, 
and then when they are sold that he has changed, start slacking." Hughes' 
final words on Baker's four-year, $56 million deal: it's "going to cost the 
C's their soul."





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