Re: Pitino on Walker

["Icarus" <skmishra@sprintmail.com>]

Amen! With Walker gone, cheerleaders become all the more important. Pencil
me in for the cheerleaders. - Mishra

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From: damekmo@teleport.com <damekmo@teleport.com>
>Living on the left coast, I actually saw Abdur-Rahim play a few times last
>year. Bottom line? Abdur-Rahim is a very nice player, but how many wins did
>the Grizzlies have? That team was a joke. Walker was the only legitimate
>NBA starter on a supposedly NBA frontcourt for an entire season....and the
>Celtics were within striking distance of the playoffs. I kept hearing that
>the Celtics were beating the teams they were supposed to beat. Why should
>any team with that frontcourt and that point guard (pre-Anderson) be
>expected to beat anybody? Pitino's a great coach, but last year's Celtics
>team had some of the worst offensive players I've ever seen. 36 wins?
>McCarty, Knight, Declercq, Billups, Edney, Pervis (when he could
>stand)....God, there's a group that would inspire confidence at the
>offensive end. Walker on the Grizzlies? I wouldn't mind going north a few
>more times next year to see those two play together. Pitino said that it
>was important for the Celtics to get better next season. He needed to add
>talent this summer. I look forward to seeing all the new and improved
>talent next year if he trades Walker. I'm sure they make the playoffs next
>year with Walker gone. All that crisp passing, no more bad shots, no more
>turnovers. Once Walker's gone all that halfcourt offense that Pitino wanted
>to put in place last year but couldn't will be on display. You know how
>much he loves to coach that halfcourt offense, and how good he is at it. I
>was beginning to have my doubts about paying Antoine between $15 and $17
>mil. Screw it. You ask the 21 year old to make up for the deficiencies of
>your center, small forward, point guard, and, I would add, actually take
>the three point shots your "all-star" shooting guard is afraid to take
>(thanks Chris Wallace for saying Mercer "must improve his 3-point
>shooting.") and you still get 36 wins!?! Give the kid the money. I'm going
>to bed. Perhaps I'll dream about all those ballets I've seen with those
>half-naked and sometimes - I know, it's a modernist nightmare - naked
>dancers in them. Or should I hope for dreams about some cheerleaders
>practicing gymnastics/mtv dance routines on an NBA court. Naaah...those
>ballets are actually, kind of, dare I say it....erotic. Now there's a
>dangerous tradition.
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>Paul M.
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