RE: A few of my favorite rumors.

["Odegaard, Greg M." <GMOdegaa@rmc.com>]

Josh,

Living in the Portland, Oregon area myself all my life, I believe it is
something in the water; the type that falls out of the sky one season a
year (January through December).  After being a somewhat lonely Celtics
fan all my life this list has helped me find a few other lost souls like
myself, and my conversations have fun, but after repeated attempts to
crack the shell that is Paul, I have gotten nowhere.  Call me at times,
naive, I am surprised when someone like him continues to rant on without
appearing to come up from the basement once in awhile to see the light
of day.  Warwick and I have been working on trying to find out if Paul
is some long lost cousin of Noah's lost out here in the woods (Warwick
is an ace at finding folks, remember we are not alone, and have no real
secrets), as they seem to come from the same branch of some family tree.


Now I too have been known to rant, when I forget to take my medications
or I see visions of someone loading up an ark, and ramble on about wild
rumors, but I don't try to come completely out of left field as it is
clear Paul does most days except every other Tuesday.  Remember tomorrow
is a full moon, and Paul is probably busy out trying to get Sizemore
elected or trying to forget he graduated from Grant HS, so I guess we
should cut him slack, but I truly believe all be is trying to do is
incite us to riot or get us to join his branch of some militia group.  

I must return to sitting on hold on the Mychal Thompson radio show, to
tell him how much of bafoon he is, or genius depending on your AW spin.

Now back to something resembling normal,
Greg

(I am here to corrupt America's youth; Elvis Costello)

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Ozersky [mailto:josh_ozersky@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 11:31 AM
To: damekmo@teleport.com; celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: A few of my favorite rumors.


Paul,

You're nuts.  I'm beginning to think that you're turning into the
Warren Bell of our group, a bile-filled naysayer who lives to shock. 
Pierce a marginal talent? Well, Mr. Larry Bird thinks otherwise,
having singled out Pierce as a sophomore for special praise.  I don't
see Magic Johnson going around talking about Mike Bibby's greatness
either.   As for Olowakandi, Pete Newell disagrees with you, as does
almost every major scout and general manager in the league.  Who did
Robert Parish play at Centenary?  Or Dennis Johnson at Pepperdine?  As
for Mike Bibby, how could anyone on earth compare him with Jason Kidd?
 Bibby is a competent enough passer, and may even be a playmaker, but
he's not a great point guard by any stretch of the imagination, and
he's no Walter Davis from the floor, either.  Comparing him to Marbury
is even more ridiculous.  Stephon is a born point guard.  Bibby's best
features are proletarian:  he's hard nosed, tough, a hard worker,
fundamentally sound.  And he's got some speed.  I wonder if Olowokandi
going to Turkey could queer the Miami deal.

Josh