Re: voting

["Greg Odegaard" <gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com>]

I agree with Uncle Odie, that sounds too cool to say, I want nothing to do
with Pippen.  His "moments" have been too frequent to just overlook.  There
are too many reasons to not want him to count, but here are a few:

1.  Too old

2.  Too much attitude

3.  Too expensive

4.  Too little interest in working hard (with the RP system)

5.  Too few shots to go around (even without a scoring center)

I am most amazed that Pippen would be part of a longterm success plan.  If
we wanted to win at all cost next year, maybe, but I am not sure the
Celtics have reached the point of being the Jazz organization yet.  

Let's spend our time planning to fill in the pieces of the championship
puzzles with real solutions, not real big problems.

Rafters baby,
Greg



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> From: Uncle Odie <ttfn11@hotmail.com>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM; Venkatesh.Sampath@microcell.ca
> Subject: RE: voting
> Date: Monday, March 23, 1998 12:53 PM
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> >Why is there an anti-Pippen feeling on this list? Again, he did have 
> >his moments of dissension, 
> 
> Whoah... Stop right there.  I don't care if it is just one moment, as 
> long as it was the one where he "took himself out of the game" because 
> the play was called for Kukoc, not Pippen.  While I agree that he is 
> talented, I don't like that attitude, or the attitude that he dispalyed 
> earlier this year.  I say, look for a younger player with integrity & 
> desire.
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> >and one of the greatest players in the game? 
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> Would he have been an all-time great if he didn't play with (for) 
> Jordan?  I don't think so...
> 
> >and is probably the most under-paid for a player with his
> >talent. He makes what - 2.7 million? 
> 
> Making over 1 million per year automatically disqualifies someone from 
> being referred to as "undepaid".  Before you go off on me, I understand 
> what you are trying to say... but think about it...
> Scottie can go out to half court during half time of the next game and 
> light 25,000 on fire and not even miss it.  Could you or I do the same?  
> No.  He is not underpaid. Even a ****** like Barkley admits that no 
> player making over 1 million is "underpaid".
> 
> Uncle Odie
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