Bye bye big intangible, we hardly knew thee

[Ryan W]

The funny thing is, Wallace wasn't released because he
couldn't play but because of what his contract would
do to our luxury tax situation.  Both Danny and Doc
believe the kid has NBA talent but that he won't help
this year and so it doesn't make sense taking the
luxury tax hit with a non-producing player.  They'd
probably take that hit for a player that would produce
this year, but that player's not Wallace.  You might
want to hold off on your public pat on the back until
a few years from now (if you can wait).

Ryan
--- ryan nelson <ryanmnelson at verizon.net> wrote:

> I hate to give myself a public pat on the back here,
> but a number of
> people questioned my credibility for saying Brandon
> "The big intangible"
> Wallace (and yes I came up with that nickname in
> response) was not an
> NBA player based solely on his summer league stats. 
> I was told I "had
> to see him play" and he "does all of the little
> things" (this is one of
> my favorite lines from an unnamed poster "I
> understand your point about
> stats, but you'd have more credibility, at least in
> my eyes, if you'd
> actually seen Wallace play once.").  However, I
> stand firm in my belief
> that you just don't score 6 points a game or put up
> marginal stats
> across the board in the summer league and make the
> NBA no matter how
> many intangibles you have.  Go back and read the
> e-mails from July 9th
> to about July 13th to see the abuse I took for
> pointing out the obvious.
> I guess I now have to question everyone's
> credibility who watched him
> put up pedestrian numbers in the summer league
> (where the all-stars
> included the immortal von wafer and javaris
> crittenton and an mvp of
> Nate robinson) and thought he would contribute.  I
> am all for debate,
> but the vitriol I took for my stance on Wallace was
> unnecessary.  On the
> bright side, at least Eric Macarthur now has another
> teammate for the
> historic didn't pan out celtic summer league future
> all-star team along
> with Brandon Hunter. 
>  
> Of course, I'll only give my self a one-handed pat
> on the back instead
> of two handed  because I am pretty sure I said the
> Celtics will never
> win anything with Danny Ainge as GM (and if I didn't
> say it, I meant
> to), so as always, what do I know?
>  
> Is Al Jefferson an all-star yet (sorry mark berry,
> it's a joke),
>  
> rmn
>  
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