RE: Pitino's comments on players

[Ryan McHale <rmchale@vt.edu>]

-----Original Message-----
From:	Adam Litchy [SMTP:allitchy@cland.net]
Sent:	Tuesday, March 10, 1998 4:19 PM
To:	Alex Wang
Cc:	celtics@igtc.com
Subject:	Re: Pitino's comments on players

Sounds like a witch hunt to me.

Alex Wang wrote:

> It would be interesting to compile all the comments and comparisons that Rick
> Pitino has made about the Celtics players. I'll start off with some paraphrases:
>
> Walker:
> "He reminds me of Magic Johnson."
> "A better pro than Karl Malone in his second year."
>
> Mercer:
> "He could be a prolific scorer in this league."
>
> McCarty:
> compared him to Dale Ellis.
>
> DeClercq:
> "A jump shot away from being outstanding."
>
> Bowen:
> "A three-position player."
> "Our best man-to-man defender."
>
> Anderson:
> The next Tiny Archibald.
>
> Dontae' Jones:
> "He doesn't understand the game of basketball."

I remember reading somewhere: "If He got anymore playing time he might set an NBA record for FG attempts"