Re: We lost Stewart!!!

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

First of all, let's really put things into perspective here.  We lost out on
a good, young defensive player.  He is not the only one that is alive and he
most definitely is not going to make the biggest difference to Toronto
either.  With Kevin Willis and Charles Oakley up front, Yogi will find that
their dissatisfaction will be enough to drive him the hell outta there after
one year.  And not to mention that he is foul bait anytime he is oncourt
with his <50% FTA.

But let not forget that we still have a very solid foundation from which to
build.  YES!  We need a center!  But  does not signing Stewart spell doom
for our team?  NO!!!  We all know that RP will make another move, so let's
sit back and see what option he takes.

Cecil

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy <jwarren@eecs.tufts.edu>
To: celtics@igtc.com <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: We lost Stewart!!!


>On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Ken Mattina wrote:
>
>> At 02:21 PM 1/21/99 -0500, Jeremy wrote:
>> >WEEI just announced that Stewart signed with Toronto... I guess Jackie
>> >MacMullen was right about free agents not wanting to come to Boston.
>> >Unless we trade for a center, things really look bleak for this season.
>> >
>> >Jeremy
>> >
>>
>> Please define "bleak".
>>
>> Ken
>
>Bleak (as defined in the Webster's Lexicon Dictionary):
>
>Losing a free agent recruiting battle with Toronto when they offer $1M for
>one year; not having a legitimate center on your roster when every other
>team in your division does; resting the hopes of your franchise on a west
>coast up-tempo style when you're in an east coast Bones-Thugs-N-Harmony
>division; having no interior presence whatsoever; playing only 5 of your
>first 18 games at home; facing the very real possibility of not making the
>playoffs for the fourth year in a row; putting band-aids (Popeye and
>Battie) on cancerous tumors while division rivals significantly improve
>their teams; having no cap space for the next seven years.
>
>I think I'm turning into Paul M.
>
>Jeremy
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