Walker and Chicago

["J. Mark Estepp" <esteppjm@conrad.appstate.edu>]

The Chicago soap opera makes for interesting reading doesn't it?  Is Pink
Floyd the coach or not?
Anyhow, IF he is the coach, and IF MJ is not lured back to the Bulls by a
1-year $40 mill contract, I would expect Walker would be a player Chicago
would love to start the rebuilding program with.  But consider the following:

- A trade with the C's probably won't happen, because frankly, the Bulls
don't have anything to trade.  All worth having except Kukoc (their savior
in the eyes of the two Jerrys) are free agents.  Consider this: Could or
would the Bulls sign Pippen to the $$ he wants, then would RP take him in a
trade?  I hope not!

- Walker, above all I believe, wants to win.  Chicago next year could be no
better than the C's.  Would he go there, to play for a coach with not one
minute of NBA experience?  To play in a city that will spend the next year
(or longer) second guessing every move this team makes?  To play for the two
Jerrys, who have a reputation for loyalty to each other only?

- Walker's family seem to exert a lot of influence on him, which I think
speaks highly of him.  They want him to stay in Boston.

I believe that is where we will see him next year.



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