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Re: Pitino Said An Interesting Thing
I agree that a center is important...but I think that
he was referring here to Denver's pick that we
acquired via the Mercer trade...but I could be wrong.
Peace, -K9
--- Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Perhaps the usual Pitino-speak, but from today's
> Boston Globe
> article: "We might be able to get lucky and get a
> center in the
> draft." If they finish in the lottery, they'll have
> a chance at
> selecting one, or they could trade up in the draft.
> But a center
> seems like a top priority....
> >
> [The Boston Globe
> Online][Boston.com]
> [Boston Globe Online
> / Sports]
>
>
> Celtics' central
> flaw is exposed
>
> By Frank Dell'Apa,
> Globe Staff, 10/26/99
>
> BILOXI, Miss. -
> In the final
> minutes of the
> Celtics
> 105-99 exhibition
> loss
> to Atlanta last
> night,
> a fan advised coach
>
> Rick Pitino that his
>
> team ''needs a
>
> center.''
>
>
>
> Pitino replied,
> ''I'll
> see if Shaq wants to
>
> come to us.''
>
>
> Indeed, the Celtics
> struggled to contend
> inside with the
> Dikembe Mutombo-led Hawks.
> They were
> outrebounded, 61-39, and Mutombo
> grew either so
> confident or bored that in
> the second half he
> punctuated each blocked
> shot by waving an
> admonishing finger at
> the crowd of 6,154
> in Gulf Coast Coliseum.
>
> ''What are there,
> only six legitimate
> centers in the
> league?'' Pitino said after
> the game. ''We might
> be able to get lucky
> and get a center in
> the draft.
>
> ''But Atlanta is one
> of the best
> rebounding teams in
> the league. When Danny
> Fortson was playing,
> we were dominating
> teams on the boards.
> Now, if we can
> improve our
> rebounding in his absence,
> we'll be that much
> better.''
>
> The Celtics did
> disrupt the Hawks enough
> to rally within 3
> points in the final
> seconds with their
> trapping defense.
>
> ''That was as much
> hustle as you are going
> to get a
> professional team to do,'' Pitino
> said. ''They were
> hustling, diving for
> balls.''
>
> The Celtics trailed,
> 93-79, before Kenny
> Anderson's 3-point
> play ignited a final
> rally with 3:56
> remaining. Anderson
> continued to
> choreograph the comeback,
> combining well with
> Paul Pierce and Vitaly
> Potapenko as the
> Celtics scrambled into
> contention. An
> Antoine Walker 3-pointer
> cut the deficit to
> 102-99 with 14 seconds
> remaining, but
> Atlanta preserved its
> advantage on foul
> shots by Jason Terry and
> Anthony Johnson.
>
> ''[Anderson] has
> been playing great,''
> Pitino said. ''He
> came into camp in great
> shape and he's been
> brilliant. He is
> motivated to win and
> to show he's not
> brittle.
>
> ''I've had some say
> in his career because
> I knew the New
> Jersey owners when they
> drafted him, and at
> that time he didn't
> play too much
> defense. Now, he's totally
> committed to the
> system and to defense.
> He's got four or
> five great years left and
> he knows what not to
> do.''
>
> Wayne Turner missed
> his second successive
> game with bursitis
> in his elbow and is
> questionable for
> tomorrow against
> Washington at the
> FleetCenter ... Former
> Celtics scout Forddy
> Anderson died in
> Oklahoma City
> following a long illness.
>
> This story ran on
> page C07 of the Boston
> Globe on 10/26/99.
> © Copyright 1999
> Globe Newspaper Company.
>
>
>
>
=====
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