Re: To trade or not to trade?

[Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>]

Dan,

   Don't worry, I always like a good conversation.  But I'm not sure why I'm
   dead wrong.  IF we didn't have Walker who would we have had?  I certainly
   don't know, but we would have had to replace Walker with someone.  Who would
   the Celtics have drafted if they didn't draft Walker?  I don't really
   remember that draft very well, so I'm not sure who they could've gotten.

   So I still disagree that we would have had a much worse team.  Anyway, you go
   on to say that if we had a decent center (please tell me what a "decent"
   center is?) and another forward, that equals playoffs.  I think that if the 
   C's have to pay Walker 12 to 17 million a year then we can't afford a
   decent center and another forward (I'm guessing that it is a "decent"
   forward).  

Shawn

Originally from Dan Forant:
> 
> Shawn, now don't take this harshly, but your wrong. Dead wrong. I can't let
> too many anti Walker posts go unanswered. The Celts last season without
> Walker would have been awful. Take a look at the cast of characters.
> Everyone one the team to date is over-rated except Walker and Anderson. We
> would have had an awful season. Don't need a time machine, just common
> sense. Regardless, I sense that you guys are going to have it in for
> Walker. I predict you will hate to love him. 
> 
> With the nucleus of this team w/Walker and a decent center, plus another
> forward, and voila, PLAYOFFS.
> 
> 
> >Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:46:58 -0500 (EDT)
> >From: Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>
> >Subject: To trade or not to trade?
> >>   Walker was dominating, at times, but with a poor team.  I keep reading
> that
> >   without Walker we would have been horrible last season.  How do you know
> >   that?  Do you have a time machine that you can go back to last year and
> get
> >   ride of Walker?  Personally I feel we still would have been improved.
> If we
> >   didn't have Walker, the Rick probably would have built the team a bit
> >   differently.  I think that Rick could have one a similar number of
> games with
> >   a different cast.  BUT WE WILL NEVER KNOW. 
> 
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