Re: Be Leery Of Cleaves

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

Cleaves allegedly smacked around his girlfriend and Webb either held 
his girlfriend out the window or threatened to throw her out
the window, because she wouldn't perform a certain sex act or
something like that. 
Ray

Elgin W Booth wrote:
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something, but what's the deal with Cleaves and spousal
> abuse?? He's married?
> 
> Whatever happened to Marcus Webb?
> 
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Way Of The Ray wrote:
> 
> > - After the Greg Minor, Robert Parish, and Marcus Webb situations
> > do you really want another player on the Celtics connected
> > with spousal abuse?
> >
> > - And as Bob Ryan notes in today's Globe: "There may not be one
> > player in the 2000 Final Four who will play in an NBA All-Star
> > Game. Oh, sure Mateen Cleaves will be in the NBA... but stardom
> > for them will be no guarantee."
> >
> > - Ryan who's referred to Cleaves in the past as a Ricky Sobers type,
> > reflects my view, that Cleaves is good - a solid NBA player, but not
> > great. I don't see him in the same category, for instance, as Andre
> > Miller, but more of a long term solid pro, who will be ranked in the
> > second tier of point guards.
> >
> > - The C's have to take the best player available in the draft
> > when it comes their turn to select, and that isn't Mateen Cleaves.
> > They need to increase the talent level of their core group of
> > players, as the higher the talent level - the better the chance of
> > competing for an NBA title.
> > Ray
> >