Bill Simmons, Walker/Pierce, Rankings

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http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/030530.html

Very interesting basketball ranking - Top 40 Players column.

Here's some Celtics blurbs from it:

39. Antoine Walker -- Probably his final appearance on this list, given
the amount of minutes he's logged over the last seven years, as well as
his evolution into a 3-point gunner who doesn't rebound and can't get to
the rim. I think we've seen the best of him. Just remember that, along
with Paul Pierce, Walker coaxed an absolutely absymal group of teammates
into the second round of the playoffs this spring. That counts for
something.

9. Paul Pierce -- A level below Kobe and T-Mac until he proves
otherwise.

Also, if you were the Bulls, wouldn't you package Donyell Marshall,
Eddie Robinson and Jamal Crawford to bring Antoine Walker back home? Who
doesn't make that trade, Boston or Chicago? Seriously, I want to know.)