A GOOD MOVE AFTER ALL?
It's only been two games, but the Walker trade may have been a shrewd move after all. In his second outing as a born-again Celtic, Walker scored 33 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. Plus all the intangibles--the leadership qualities, locker room presence, and whatnot that come with the package. More importantly, the Celtics won on the road, once again, this time beating the first-place Phoenix Suns on their home turf, a feat no other Eastern conference team has pulled off. The unflappable Tommy Heinsohn, who never lets his emotions get the better of him, had just one word for Walker's on-court heroics: "Terrific." (He had several other words, in point of fact, but none as succinct as that one.) So maybe Danny (Mr. Ainge, to the rest of you) was onto something here. Time will tell. But count me as an early skeptic whose opinion has now gone from "cautious" to "guarded."
