Re: TRASH TALK

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

Thank you Dorine for expressing my sentiments better than I could myself.

Cecil 
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorine Pratt <norine@sover.net>
To: Boston Celtics List <celtics@igtc.COM>
Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 10:47 PM
Subject: TRASH TALK


>No, I for one don't believe we're making too much of Antoine's trash
>talking.  LB did it, certainly, but he was very subtle about it and he
>could back it up.  It was very selective, he got into player's heads.
>The crowd didn't know he was doing it.  Antoine's is very obvious, and
>he has a long way to go, no matter how talented, before he's in Larry
>Bird's league, if he ever is.  After losing a huge lead, he didn't show
>any class by jumping up on that table.  Right now, I'll take Ron Mercer
>any day.  Not that I don't like Antoine or appreciate his talents, but I
>don't like the hotdogging.  In case some of you didn't hear it, last
>night Tommy said, after Antoine did an exaggerated wiggle, "in my day,
>he never would have gotten off the floor after that".
>    The Celtics have always been known as a workmanlike team.  LA was
>"Show Time".
>The Celtics proved their worth on the floor, in the point total, and in
>winning champion-
>ships.  I know you think I'm old fashioned, but that's what I expect any
>Celtic team to do.  Prove how good you are by winning games and playing
>good, solid, defense.  When you win by playing good basketball, you
>don't need to showboat.  Winning says it all.
>Dorine
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