Re: Mercer/Battie

["jeppes" <jeppes@watkins.dillingham.com>]

While Barros still has some to prove, it's a different team we have now.
Before we had Dino (the plodder) Radja ,Purvis (the injured) Ellison, Eric
(the mule) Montross and other such walk (not run) up the court players. Now
we have some athlete/greyhound type players who can come close to keeping up
with Barros.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jake <fairbairnj@westelcom.com>
To: celtics list <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: Mercer/Battie


>
>
> > Peter...as much as I've griped and moaned about Mercer....you're
> absolutely
> > right. And I don't get this love affair everybody is having with Battie.
>
> nor i with the love affair with dana barros.  i mean geez, i remember
> when everyone wanted to run him and m.l. out of town on a rail.  even
> last year he was cap trash.  now all of a sudden he's a keeper?  on the
> basis of what?  a few games?  i'm not sold.  has he played well?  no
> doubt, but can he translate 10-20 games subbing for the starter to being
> the starter?  we tried that a few years back and it was a dismal
> failure.  i feel the same way about battie, mercer, walker, et al.  do
> they all have potential, certainly.  what am i trying to say, i have no
> idea.  it's late and i'm very tired and the celtics have me very
> confused.  do i want to keep mercer at the cost of battie, or vice
> versa?  damned if i know.  can walker become a truly great player?  or
> even jsut a great player?  ugh, i wish my crystal ball were clearer.  i
> think my basic point is, keep this team together with a few minor
> changes but nothing major, unless some numbskull from dallas offers us
> something amazing.  that's all for now, and i just realized that this is
> my first post back here since sometime before lockout.  hello again,
> all.  not that you would remember me, but that's ok.
>
> later, Jake
>