Re: boobirds

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

Walker asked for this attention from the fans and he's getting it. He likes
to showboat and parley vous the refs, if you talk the talk, you have to
walk the walk. I think Duncan laid off him because he isn't hittin the
outside shot not because of his driving skills which are negated by Duncan
and Robinson anyway. The fans know Walker is making a King's fortune and is
not living up to his end of the bargain to date. 

At 12:54 PM 11/25/99 EST, you wrote:
>I went to the Spurs game and it was a bit ugly in terms of the booing
>of Walker. It was really early, maybe the first quarter, and Antoine
>missed an open jumper, and a smattering of people tried to start 
>booing but the majority of the crowd didn't go for it. In the second
>half the booing started in earnest, and near the end of the third 
>quarter, I believe, Antoine got a pass from Pierce, took an open three
>pointer, and got booed lustily. At that point Pitino pulled him from
>the game and he didn't return. 
>
>When you don't watch the game, you see Antoine 5-21 and make assumptions
>about his stupid and selfish play. In reality, he was the pretty much the
>only one who took open shots in this game, because Duncan played off him
>and respected his drive. Pierce, for instance, probably didn't take an
>easy shot the entire game, and in fact forced up a couple of ill-advised
>contested shots. I noticed that there wasn't even a slight murmuring of 
>boos for any other player than Antoine no matter how bad the shot was.
>
>I have a feeling that no matter how much Antoine works on his jump shot,
>he's going to be booed at the FleetCenter whenever he misses an open
>jumper and the Celtics are losing. It's incredibly unfair and ignorant
>for the crowd to do this but it's true; for instance he's traditionally
>been a good three point shooter but he got booed for shooting a three
>pointer with no one near him. Taking wide open threes is probably the
>right move in any situation against the Spurs because it's so hard to
>get good shots against them, but it's particularly useful when you are
>down 30 or so, when it's the only chance for a comeback. 
>
>Alex
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