RE: Kim/Walker

["Sampath, Venkatesh" <Venkatesh.Sampath@microcell.ca>]

Thanks, Kim and the other gentlemen (Jim and Chris? - at my age, if you
remember a lady's name, it's more than enough!) for your posts about the
practice. Nice to hear that Pierce does, indeed, have potential and that
not all of it was hype. Equally nice to hear that Popeye and Barros are
doing well, but before we get carried away, let's just remember that it
was a practice, not even an exhibition game and therefore amounts to,
probably, nothing. 
Re Walker, as a captain, you've got to lead, not look for popularity. If
he's being mean in order to exhort his team-mates on, that's fine, if
it's out of sheer arrogance, then he needs taking down. Jordan could
afford to be mean perhaps because he was tireless when it came to
practice and certainly because of his individual brilliance. Walker has
these two qualities to some extent, but he has to prove it beyond doubt.
As for Dwayne S...... wasn't there a similar project undertaken by ....
er.... ah ... what's-his-name ... M.L. Carr (O.K. Kim, don't hit me!) on
an overweight centre whose name I've completely forgotten? (it's the
age-thing!). Guy was 300+ pounds and he was touted as being the one
person who could stand up to Shaq when Shaq was part of the Eastern
conference? Started with a J... (Joseph?). Hopefully, this project won't
prove to be as big a bust as the other. 

venkat 

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>From: 	Kim Malo[SMTP:kmalo19@idt.net]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, January 26, 1999 6:49 AM
>To: 	celtics@igtc.com
>Cc: 	Joe Hironaka
>Subject: 	Re: Kim/Walker
>
>At 10:18 AM 1/26/99 +0100, Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org> wrote:
>>Geez, Kim. I bet you're being a bit too harsh. IMO it was an honest mistake
>>on
>>David's part and I think it's basically truthful to say that we old-timers
>>look
>>at the classic Celtics teams of our youth through rose-coloured glasses.
>
>Which rather misses the point -he doesn't know how old Paul is or why he
>said what he did, but because he doesn't like what Paul said he *assumes*
>automatically it means he's a bitter old geezer who equally automatically
>because of that and/or bitterness over the money can't appreciate AW. Your
>basic ignorant cheap shot based upon prejudice that has nothing to do with
>reality, mush less how people look at the Cs teams of their youth.
>
><snip>
>>I hope David keep's posting. No reason why not. He sounds like a Celtics fan
>>to
>>me.
>
>Sigh. Did I tell him not to post? No. I explained how he provided a perfect
>object lesson on why newbies get told in all the netiquette guides to wait
>and  follow things a bit before chiming in. Paul posts often enough that it
>wouldn't take long to get his measure. For cripes sake, that suggestion's
>for David's own benefit so he doesn't look/act like a fool, not for ours.
>
>>Like I said, I've been in a terrific mood lately :-)
>
>Ducky.
>
>-Kim
>Kim Malo
>kmalo19@idt.net
>
>