Re: TRASH TALK

[Larry Taylor <lataylor@eaglenet.com>]

I wholeheartilly agree with you Dorine.  we need to get back to BOSTON
CELTIC basketball.  Hard work ethics, free shooting over 75% and not as much
showboating.  Maybe some people think that this is O.K. but it leads me more
to believe that these people that are wiggling and showboating that they
care more about themselves than the team.  Unfortunately our NBA condones
it.  Maybe we should do as the NFL has?  Give a personal foul when
showboating gets out of hand?  Any comments?

Dorine Pratt wrote:

> 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