FW: just spoke to wallace

[Josh Ozersky <JOzersky@xxxxxxx>]

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Josh Ozersky  
> Sent:	Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:02 PM
> To:	'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject:	just spoke to wallace
> 
> Here's what he told me for tomorrow's column:
> 
> 1)  Best isn't going to be offered a penny more than the minimum.  No
> wiggle room at all.
> Prepare to hate Gaston even more than you already do.
> 
> 2)  If they can't get Best, they might not sign a point guard at all. They
> already have three
> on the roster, and won't bother with a fourth if they can't get a
> "difference maker."  (It doesn't sound
> as if he thinks the guys out there beyond Best are that great.)
> 
> 3) they will sign sombody, though, possibly a power forward.  I asked
> Wallace if this might be an
> enforcer of some sort, and wallace said that he thought the idea of a
> "cop" was overrated.  He likes skill guys, 
> not a goon who doesn't bring any shooting or rebounding the table.
> 
> 4) he thinks miami might offer Best half of their midlevel exception.  
> 
> 5) They're not interested in any international PGs this year.  
> 
> Between what he said and what Steve Kyler at hoopsworld says, I really
> doubt we will get best.  But it will be interesting
> to speculate on who the last guy is.  Wallace says it might be a while
> before they sign the guy, whoever he is.