re: Where's Vin

[bird <birdw@xxxxxxx>]

> From :dajubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 4th quarter of the debacle and Vin has not played. Could we be so
> lucky as to have a trade in the works? With our recent fortunes,
> probably not.
Brent "Ain't He Dead, Yet?" Musberger mentioned that Obie told ESPN 
before the game that, because Vinnie matched up so terribly against 
Dirk, that he wouldn't play.  There was speculation that this meant 
only while Dirk was actually *in* the game, but of course it was proved 
that merely having Dirk in the building meant Vinnie shouldn't bother 
suiting up.

I'm one of those people on the list urging patience and a long-term 
attitude when it comes to Vin Baker.  Yet this obviously begs the 
question, "is this the same guy we're paying a max salary to?"  
Obviously, it is.  Not a good sign that he's not ready to play.  I 
realize it's against Dirk Nowitski, and he creates matchup problems for 
anybody and this is probably an isolated incident, but still... .  With 
owners ready to spend, it'd be sad to be hampered with a Vin Baker that 
won't improve.

Bird