Re: Larry's done.

[Dan Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

If your referring to Jackson, it's illegal to be as slow as him in the NBA.
He's the one stagnating play for the Pacer's.

At 04:14 PM 6/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>The Knicks guards are getting away with holding him to the point it is
criminal
>on the street.
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>Dan Forant Sr wrote:
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>> The difference with the Knick team is the play of Camby, and Johnson.
>> Johnson is playing like a power forward that he's capable of.
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>> Same deal with the Celts, when Walker was playing he was the first option
>> all the time. Till he came up lame and we found out we had other talent.
>> Johnson and Camby now are getting room that Ewing's been hurting. If
>> Houston starts playing up to par, it is over.
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>> Not sure is it's Larry's coaching, Smits is hurting more than he says,
>> Miller isn't getting the ball enough and the Knick guards are playing him
>> closely. Mullin's is ready for the Senior's league.
>>
>> At 09:56 AM 6/6/99 -0300, you wrote:
>> >>This Pacer team is far from a Championship team anyway with
>> >>Smits ailing and Miller sulking, let the Knicks annoy them. Since the
Celts
>> >>aren't in it I figure an East Coast, West Coast take all series is better
>> >>off for basketball.
>> >
>> >This Pacer team has been underachieving all year long. To continue the "Is
>> >it my imagination?" theme: Is it my imagination, or have the Pacers had a
>> >hard time holding on to a lead all year long? Even with Smits hurt,
there's
>> >no reason the Pacers should be losing to the Knicks. They're clearly the
>> >better team. In any case, Smits played well enough yesterday. The
>> >bottom-line, I'm afraid, is that VanGundy is clearly the better coach in
>> >this series, and that's making a huge difference. Bird is leaving, if the
>> >reports are correct, at the right time. There's no way he could ever coach
>> >a youthful, rebuilding team. An "X's and O's Man," he's not.  And if the
>> >Pacers don't get to the finals this year, it could be time for them to
>> >start over.
>> >
>> >Paul M.
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