<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Maybe it's easy to be magnanimous when you've been traded from the team with the worst record in the league to the Atlantic Division leader. Just two weeks after the deal that sent him from Atlanta to Boston, Antoine Walker had nothing negative to say about the Hawks. In fact, he praised first-year coach Mike Woodson at length. Even though Walker played only 58 games for Woodson, the two developed a strong relationship. Walker even appreciated the way Woodson informed him about the trade. Recalling the day of the trade, Walker said, "[Woodson] just explained to me what was going on. We had a great conversation. We figured everything out. He didn't want me to leave, but it was his first year and he doesn't really have much control." Walker added, "One thing I learned from Coach Woodson was a lot about in-the-game situations, about getting to the foul line and just forcing other teams to do a lot of things. I think my on-the-court game has changed in that sense. I learned a lot being down 6, 10 late in games and how to get it back close, even though we may not have won a lot of those games. So, I learned a lot."</div> Source
