July 10, 1997
The Celtics will take 13 players to Atlanta this morning for three days
of games in the Hawks' summer league. Three veterans will make the trip -
Eric Williams, Greg Minor, and Dana Barros, who will play in two of the
three games because of his sore ankle. He will play point guard, Pitino
said. Draft picks Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer will participate,
although the extent of Billups's involvement is unknown because of his
ankle sprain.
Also making the team are free agents Eric Murdock, Rumeal
Robinson, Herman Alston, Lorenzo Coleman, Danya Abrams, Brent Scott,
Anthony Tucker, and Travis Williams. "We think there might be four or
five guys in this group with an outside shot to make our team," Pitino
said. If the coach wants height, the 7-foot-1-inch Coleman has an NBA
body, while Scott played for the Pacers last year after three years in
Europe . . . Another indication that Radja is gonzo: He was said to be
considering slips in the Athens harbor to moor his boat . . . Pitino
wore a microphone during the practice, which not only made him easier
to hear but gave the sound system a workout . . . Steve Hamer, who was
with the Celtics last season, is trying to get a job with the Trail
Blazers . . . Because Boston deliberately went under the cap by
renouncing its own free agents, it will not have the $ 1 million
exception available. Then again, the Celtics won't need it . . . Pitino
had hoped to have Antoine Walker for the just-concluded camp, but that
was not the case. The coach said Walker had a problem with his child,
forcing him to stay in Chicago . . . The coach interrupted the practice
to let his troops know which shots were OK and which were not. Alston
had the misfortune to take a contested jumper, which is not a good thing
after a team has worked through a press. "We're not going to work 94
feet to take a poor shot," Pitino
said. "If you do that, you might as well take out a gun and blow your
brains out. And if you pass up an open shot, that's just as bad. Learn
to know the difference."
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