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>In article <cqhnvd$b5e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, s_knight8 says...
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>>http://celtics.bostonherald.com/celtics/view.bg?articleid=60348&format=text
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>>Celtics coach Doc Rivers and director of basketball operations Danny
Ainge
>>want Walker, said the source. Walker was upset when he was traded, but
would
>>welcome a return to Boston. ``Antoine would be on a bus tonight. He'd
walk
>>here,'' said the source. ``Boston has a chance to make the playoffs.
Atlanta
>>(5-20) has virtually none.''
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>> It was Ainge who traded Walker, who averaged 20.8 points in his
seven
>>years with the Celtics. ``Ainge would love to have him back,'' said the
>>source.
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>> But, as usual,
>
> seems to be
>
> the problem is money. Walker is making $14.6 million and
>>in order to offset a contract like that the Celtics would have to deal
>>players with contracts who approximate that figure. The 76ers, said the
>>source, are ``desperate to get Walker.
>
> why?
>
> '' Philly coach Jim O'Brien [news]
>>coached Walker when both were with the Celtics. The Pacers, without
>>suspended star Ron Artest,
>
> > hows his rap career?>
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> are interested in Walker, too.
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>> Atlanta's holding the trump
>
>
> > donald?>
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> card. ``They're going to deal (Walker) by
>>Feb. 20,'' said the source.
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>
Walker belongs in Atlanta. So does Sixers GM Billy King.
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