Re: Stop. Reverse.

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ryan, hated no, disappointed yes. Words have meaning. It won't be the end of
the World if Walker comes back. Just don't unpack his bags....

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan W" <ubiquitous_am_i@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 10:32 PM
Subject: Stop. Reverse.


> Here's some news...just about 5 minutes ago on FSNE
> there were a couple interesting things said.  First,
> LaFrentz was held out of shoot-around at the C's
> practice tonight.  FSNE showed a clip of Danny, Pags,
> and the team doctor as they were studying what
> allegedly was an X-ray of Raef's ankle.  They then
> went on to say that Raef had a bad ankle injury last
> year and that he had severly sprained that same ankle
> in the past.  At this point, the trade is still not
> official.  Antoine and Tony were held out of Dallas'
> game tonight because it is not official yet.  Could
> the trade be rescinded?  Could Dallas replace Raef
> with another player?  At this time, those questions
> will remain hanging...but let me tell you all
> this...if we take Raef on with an existing ankle
> injury, this trade goes from bad to worse.
>
> Second news item from FSNE.  According to Pete
> Shepard, Ainge took a couple of "pot shots" at Antoine
> on the radio this morning.  If anyone heard what
> exactly was said, it would be appreciated if you could
> relay it to this list.  Anyways, these disparaging
> remarks by Danny only go to further prove what an
> unprofessional and personal hatred Danny had of
> Antoine.  Combine that with the emerging stories of
> Antoine "sulking" his way through the preseason, to
> Danny's comments of Antoine's "stranglehold" on the
> franchise, and I think what we have here is some
> serious slandering of Antoine.  Where were these
> stories when Antoine was here?  Sure the local writers
> are incompenant, but if Antoine was such an ass
> because of the lack of a contract extension, they
> surely would have written about it.  It's obvious from
> this glut of anti-Antoine sentiment just now surfacing
> in the papers that the Celtics are planting this
> information in the hope to "justify" an obviously
> sub-standard deal to the public.  I for one am pissed.
>  I can handle a bad trade...they've been happening for
> a while now.  I can't handle a blantant manipulation
> of the media in the hopes of justifying a bad trade.
>
> Ryan
>
> (Hoping to see the look on Danny's face when he has to
> spin the fact that Antoine is coming back because
> LaFrentz is injured).
>
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