Anderson

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

Chad Ford on ESPN still makes it sound like the Sonics 
could trade Kenny Anderson any time they felt like it for 
Brian Grant or a similar upper tier power forward.

I guess the only intelligent thing to say is that I'll 
believe it ONLY when I see it.

But if the Celtics were that close to getting an 11.7 
rebound per game, good team guy without giving up Antoine 
or Pierce, I think I'll resent Chris Wallace for the rest 
of my life.

I do think a trade will happen before February for a 
Rodney Rogers type veteran that can buy Chris Wallace 
more time on the job and help a little in the won-loss 
column.

Chris Wallace would be a lunatic to hold with the hand he 
has now in hope that the owners will re-sign him. 

He might not swing for the fences, but he'll likely do 
something dramatic involving the Philly or Boston picks 
and/or the last of our three 2001 picks (Kedrick). 

I think the owners should keep him on a fairly short 
leash, within reason, while giving him a decent chance to 
save his job.

And I wouldn't fire him unless a better alternative was 
being lined up, like Bird.

I read last week that the (widely praised) Orlando GM 
(John Gabriel, I think his name is) actually gave back 
the rights to Amare Stoudamire (plus Bo Outlaw) to the 
Phoenix Suns in the trade for Jud Buchler. 

Everyone makes mistakes. But the Vin Baker trade was a 
tremendous gamble, and he was probably the only GM in the 
league that would have considered it...and done it 
against his coach's objections and outright refusal to 
start him, or design plays for him.













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