Re: i'm satisfied

[W <titans@ihug.com.au>]

> We have enough space eaters. We need a C/PF who does not get stuffed every
> single time he tries to  shoot a layup. If Pitino doesn't trade our lottery pick
> and we get lucky, we might even get a C/PF who can dunk.  (I know that Battie
> can, but his preferred shot these days is the 22-foot glass-breaker). As far as
> being one player away from a championship-caliber team, sure, if the player is
> Tim Duncan. We would still need an NBA coach, though.

Dont tell me.. You actually call Tony Battie and Pervis Ellison a space eater??
Shame on you. I want someone who can rebound consistently, clog the space, a poor
mans Dikembe Mutombo and not that underweight Michael Stewart either. If we get a
decent defensive center then we're championship quality, I really like this current
lineup. Fortson looked good, Walker, Pierce and Kenny as the other starters, Pot,
Battie and EWill in the front court substitutions and Dana and Griffin as the
backcourt subs, I think that would be a very talented team who could go very far.

> I'm not so sure it was intentional. What was amazing was that the refs called a
> foul on the Kings at all, the way they were calling the game. I'm really
> impressed by the self-control of our young players, because the temptation to
> slug some of these refs must be unbearable at times.

I saw the replay  -- there was intent in there to me, and its a Barry for crying out
loud *grin*

>
>
> > Anyways, you know the game is an absolute farce when Antoine gets a tech
> > for cheering a basket and Barry isn't given a flagrant.
>
> Again, if a fight had broken out, as it threatened to a couple of times, it
> would've been all refs' doing. I don't know how these people can sleep at night.

Then how about throwing a technical foul against the player trying to be the fight
instigator, Vlade Divac? Is he so pathetic that he has to attempt to show up Vitaly
Potapenko for the best Euro big man? All he did was show himself up.

>
> > Good game by Antoine imho; Adrian Griffin really disappointed me, I was
> > expecting at least some effort on the defensive side of things.
>
> Hello?!? The guy wasn't far from a triple-double: 7-13 FG, 14 pts., 10 reb., 6
> assists, and I don't know how he didn't get credited with a single steal, for I
> clearly saw him rip the ball out of the Kings' hands a couple of times. What
> else do you want him to do? There were 2 reasons the Celts didn't get blown out
> by 30: Adrian Griffin and Jason Williams. The latter's shot selection kept us
> alive - he makes Antoine look like John Stockton.

Griffin was good on offense, notice I didn't knock him offensively, but as for the
'everywhere on offense' tag allotted to him. That is what I did not see.

> > Rick Pitino is a better GM than he is coach - I think I've finally
> > learnt that today.
>
> Tonight on TNT Mark Jackson declared that Pitino is the best coach in
> basketball. Has he checked Orlando's record, its lineup, and the resume of its
> coach? What about the Lakers?  Is any coach getting LESS out of what he has than
> Pitino? OK, maybe Tim Floyd is, of those still coaching, but he's Chicago's
> version of M.L.

There are a lot of teams who are not getting much from their talent. Most a lot less
than what the Celtics are getting.

> > Oh well, our season will change from that game. Good things to come.
>
> No, Warwick, Rick ain't gonna get fired soon, not with the beautiful chemistry
> this team has. Just gotta love how Kenny has a 3-on-1, but calls his own number
> and gets stuffed. Later,  Antoine steals the ball near the sideline and, despite
> having Kenny all alone under the basket, chooses to drive the 20+ feet to the
> hoop under heavy pressure and score himself. Hey, but Dana is shooting well now
> when it doesn't really matter, because we can't keep a 20 point lead, never mind
> come back from a 20 point deficit. After we go 2-13 in January, Pitino will
> declare that this team is too young to be coachable (what, did he have
> 35-year-olds on his college teams?) and will trade our lotery pick this year +
> Pervis's expiring contract for free agent-to-be Mark Jackson to become our point
> guard of the future at 35. (Just joking on the last one - I think.)

Hopefully that was sarcastic.

W