Re: Travis Knight.......joke, joke, joke

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

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> From: Marc Lamphier <lamphier@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Travis Knight.......joke, joke, joke
> Date: Thursday, February 27, 1997 8:48 PM
> 
> At  6:16 PM 97.2.27 -0500, Tim Stewart wrote:
> >Travis Knight is nothing but a joke.   The last thing we need is another
> >great WHITE hope like Montross.  Let's go with Duncan from Wake and get
> >somebody we know will produce for us!!
>  
> I like the way things in sports have come half circle. It used to be that
> owners didn't want to sign guys like Bill Russell because they didn't
want
> those "awkward, gangly black guys" on their team. Nowadays that kind of
> talk is considered racist, but instead we get comments about how we don't
> need some "big slow white guy". 
> 
> I say judge a person on his merits (which in Tross' case you are
justified
> in saying "big, slow, and clueless"), but the color of the guy is
> irrelevant and shouldn't be used as a gratuitous way of lumping two
people,
> such as Tross and Travis, together. 

 
> -Marc 

I agree, I think Knight could be a very productive role player and will
undoubtedly get some good offers elsewhere. He is not a banger but has a
good outside touch, but with Williams, Walker & Dino, and possibly another
draft pick,  is there really a place for him ? Don't expect Knight or
Duncan to turn this team around by themselves. If they don't have a good
supporting cast we won't improve dramatically.     As far as the race
issue, whether its a Greg Kite, Acie Earl, Eric Montross, Thomas Hamilton,
or Steve Hamer,  it really doesn't matter what color they are ? One is just
as bad as the other.


John





I agree
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