RE: Good news for soaring celts/McDyess

[Cecil Wright <nocw1@nsh.library.ns.ca>]

On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, John Lyell wrote:
 
> It is kind of funny with that Chris Mills , his very short stay and move 
> for McCarty was enough time to tell he didn't fit, but for Billups it has 
> not ?

Mills is an experienced veteran of the NBA wars.  I think it was obvious 
to every observer, that his game is not conducive to the pressing style 
that Pitino teams use.  If CB had been in the league for several years, 
perhaps a similar assessment would be in order, but since he's relatively 
new, you'd be wise to reserve judgement until such time.  None of us are 
experts, at least I know I'm not, but it's fun to offer our opinions.

Cecil 




 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dorine Pratt [SMTP:norine@sover.net]
> Sent:	Sunday, January 04, 1998 3:06 PM
> To:	Mike Allen
> Cc:	Celtics Mailing List
> Subject:	Re: Good news for soaring celts/McDyess
> 
> I'm in total agreement with that.
> Dorine
> 
> Mike Allen wrote:
> 
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> >         It's been a while since I lasted posted and am feeling the need 
> to.  This
> > idea of trading Billups is outrageous, and to even have the notion of
> > trading Mercer is just plain stupid.  We're talking about giving up two
> > amazing young players who will definetly develop into all-stars, for 
> what?
> > Mashburn (who I like because of his Kentucky days) who is past his prime,
> > injury prone and just not worth it, and Ike Austin who caught a big break
> > by having 'Zo injured, and got to showcase himself.  I don't believe he 
> can
> > keep it up.  Let's just give these kids some more time to develop and 
> learn
> > the system better and before you know it, we'll be playoff bound and
> > hopefully another banner will be raised.
> >
> >         As far as McDyess goes, he is not worth it!  He is plain and 
> simple
> > overrated and underacheiving.  Everyone was saying that it was because he
> > was in Denver and wasn't happy, well now he's in Phoenix and he's still
> > CRAP!  You'd think a guy playing for a contract would be making more 
> noise
> > and a bigger impact, I don't know about the rest of you but when I see 
> Suns
> > highlights on TV I see, Kidd, Nash, KJ, but no McDyess.  Leave him in the
> > Desert, lets work with what we've got and be happy with it, quit with the
> > quick fix and lets work for the future.  I don't remember who it was that
> > said it on this list but they said that we should still try and improve,
> > well sometimes, time is all you need.
> >
> > But that's just my opinon, anyone else?
> >
> > Mike
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