Re: 8th Baker Trade

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

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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : Celtics@igtc.com
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> Date    : Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:05:41 -0500
> Subject : 8th Baker Trade
> 
> Actually my favorite (which has been mentioned 
before)....
> 
> 
> Baker & Philly's #1 for Damon Stoudemire
> 
> Why would Portland do this?
> 
> a.  More time for Antonio Daniels, Jeff McInnis.
> b.  Baker gives them 6 fouls/game for the playoffs
> c.  Essentially this trade is Philly's #1 pick for 1 
less year of a 
> bad contract (Stoudemire has 2 years left, Baker 3 on 
essentially the 
> same contract).
> 
> Stoudemire could at least run the point for us, 
allowing us to trade 
> Delk/Shammond for another player(s).
> 


Vin Baker would be a better fit in Portland, a team which 
is used to running plays for bigger, plodding centers who 
can pass out of double teams.

I don't really know much about Stoudamire's game these 
days. He hasn't gotten much playing time lately. :-)

Basically, if Chris Wallace wants to cut his losses, they 
are going to have to take on long-term max contract guys 
parked on the end of a team's bench. We're talking 
Gugliotta type guys. At least Damon Stoudmire has a shot 
at being productive as a sixth man sparkplug or starter 
in the Van Exel mode, even if his contract is just as 
atrocious and as impossible to move as Vin Baker's 
(although I don't know the details).

But its not going to happen right now, with rumors of 
retirement and "lightheadedness". He needs to put 
together a string of strong games, at which point the 
Celtics might not be smart enough to sell high.



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