re: Re: Reasons Why It's A Great Trade

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Christ, I cited like 8 reasons or so and your focused on the Baker one.
Baker was a stiff, but he's outplayed both battie and Blount during the preseason.

But it certainly does clear up some minutes for him or Jones.
As far as Pierce goes, he like O'Neal, is going to be pissed off for a while.
Winning solves everything usually.

You're right about going nowhere with Walker, which is something I
wish more people would comprehend.
Ray

> ** Original Subject: Re: Reasons Why It's A Great Trade
> ** Original Sender: "ryan nelson" <ryanmnelson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ** Original Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 07:21:36 -0700 (PDT)

> ** Original Message follows... 

>
> how is this going to affect pierce especially after ainge stated he is not
> going to trade antoine?  Not sure how i feel about the trade, thought we
> could get more.  not a big lafrentz fan but we were going nowhere with
> antoine.  I would not say we did this to free up minutes for vin baker,
> you've got to be kidding me.  baker still sucks and is a bust.
> 
> rmn
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:02 AM
> Subject: Reasons Why It's A Great Trade
> 
> 
> > 1. Ainge had to break up the Pierce - Walker - O'Brien
> > offensive ball-hogging nexus to truly convert the team into
> > a running, unselfish unit.
> >
> > 2. In a couple year's time, when Perkins is the starting center,
> > the LaFrentz, Perkins, Pierce frontcourt will be one of the better
> > ones in the NBA.
> >
> > 3. Jiri Welsch is a talented player who can fill in at either
> > PG or SG.
> >
> > 4. You can never have enough first round picks with the influx of
> > foreign players in the draft these days.
> >
> > 5. Chris Mills ($5 or $6 million) contract comes off the books after
> > the season, offering cap flexibility.
> >
> > 6. They didn't need Delk.
> >
> > 7. They needed to free up PF minutes for Baker.
> >
> > 8. Ainge after not dumping O'Brien, had to put his imprature on the
> > team, and a Walker deal did just that.
> >
> > Ray

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