Re: Trade Walker?

[Cecil <cecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps, but with respect to leadership and the reference to Pitino, Pitino
was not around last year during the playoffs against the Nets.  Therefore, I
am assuming that Walker took it upon himself to play that role.  You may
have more insight to that since you see more games in person than I do.

But I don't know any athlete who goes out in front of thousands of fans and
does not try to perform as best he can.  Including Walker.  I think part of
his problem was the constant comparison to Magic which I think is patently
unfair even though there are some subtle similarities.  I mean, I can't
recall any player being compared to Russell lately.  That is an awfully
large measuring stick.

I think AW has grown somewhat as a player.  Of course he is part of the
problem with the way this team is playing, but nobody in uniform is immune
from that.  As much as I like Paul, I was pissed at him Sunday for not
passing the ball at the end of the game.  But I'm not looking to get rid of
the guy because he had tunnel vision.  (Not saying that you are either)

Cecil


----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Malo <kimmalo@mindspring.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: RE: Trade Walker?


> At 11:11 AM 4/9/2003 -0300, Wright, Cecil wrote:
> >Twang, as Forant likes to call him, is not the problem with this team as
> >it's currently constructed.
>
> THE problem? Nope, of course not. One of them? Absolutely, and will be so
> long as his fingerprints are all over so much of what happens on the court
> while his decision making is consistently so far below the other things he
> brings to the table. As to how this team is currently constructed,
> injuries, etc you can always find excuses for him if you want to look for
> them but since you referenced his leadership, I'll do him the credit to
> think he won't thank you for it (if nothing else, it should remind him
> distastefully of Pitino). Does AW go out and nightly do the best job he
can
> to make bad situations better? Not does he go out and put out some effort,
> but is it constructive effort? I don't think even he would say yes, and
> there are enough times and reasons for answering no (want to talk free
> throw shooting among the latest things making him at times a liability?)
to
> make him part of the problem.
>
> Which is not to say I want to trade him ASAP. Change is not inevitably
> progress and I still have some hope it's not too late for him, based upon
> last year. But as MJ has very publicly pointed out to him two years in a
> row, he's got to be a lot less hard headed about listening to others and a
> lot smarter on the court. Lessons MJ had to learn himself, so he knows.
>
> Kim