Re: Lewis & Drugs

[j.hironaka@unesco.org]

Dan Forant Sr wrote:

> The thing that burns me up is Lewis was my favorite player. I still haven't
> seen a stop and pop shot such as his, he could stop on a dime off a hard
> drive. He was becoming a monumental talent, it's as sad today as the day he
> passed on. He had great on court demeanor and a contagious smile.

He had the same smile as Len Bias. A totally shy "I love this game" smile. With
hindsight, I guess we can say those two guys were too impressionable and eager
to please party friends.

But I loved Len Bias in the ACC. He was a taller, more productive version of
Michael Jordan. He ate up rebounds like Bill Russell, with his arms and legs
flying all around. A nice shooter, too. He was pretty much a cross between a
young Buck Williams and Vince Carter.

Joe

As I think Paul M. noted, the REAL reason Pitino lets Antoine Walker spend his
summers in Chicago is not because his daughter is too young to travel, but
because it's a lot easier out there to rob 7-Elevens to feed his cocaine habit.
Paul captured our prejudices perfectly. He is the Quentin Tarrantino of the
Boston Celtics mailing list. :-)

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