Re: I Can't Take This Much Longer.

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

Josh, I appreciate your frustration.  It is definitely evident when you put
Mo Lucas in the same sentence with #6.

Cecil

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
To: celtics@igtc.com <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 10:05 PM
Subject: I Can't Take This Much Longer.


>Of course it goes without saying that Kenny is our PG for the
>foreseeable future.  But I am pained and freaked out by what is going
>on with this team's offense.  I realize it is early in the season and
>that everyone is out of it, but I never thought that at this point in
>my celtics career, after sitting patiently through the endless lockout
>and being tantalized with those first two games against Toronto, that
>I would be watching the same tortuous halfcourt offense of the billups
>months, the same complaints about settling for outside shots, etc etc
>etc.  I can understand Kenny being out of shape or shooting badly, but
>I can't understand him not being able to run a fast break.  This was
>the whole point of getting Kenny.  He was supposed to liberate us to
>be a running team.  We were going to run, run, run, and that was the
>essence of Pitino ball.  I am having a very hard time watching this
>team play third rate half court offense and defense, and I am not
>ashamed to say that I turned off the Vancouver game midway through the
>fourth quarter.  I just couldn't watch.
>
>I know you can't fastbreak without the ball, but there should be at
>least a few of the fastbreaks we saw in the so-called exhibition
>season.  What happened to the easy shots Kenny was going to get
>Antoine?  Have they run a single pick and roll?  How long do I have to
>watch Ron Mercer miss layups?  How long do I have to watch the Doug
>Wests and Bo Outlaws of the world dominate us like Bill Russell or Mo
>Lucas?  WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
>
>Beyond Exasperated
>
>Josh
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