Re: Gill burns Flakers, Duncan off Dream Team

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

W wrote:

> Joe Hironaka wrote:
>
> > Hi list:
> >
> > This is off-topic. It's a shame Tim Duncan won't be in Sydney.
>
> I wish Paul or 'Toine got considered over McDuddy.
>

    This may sound at first like just a good Aussie Celts fan engaged in
wishful thinking, but it isn't that far-fetched when you consider how
few wins the teams of Shareef and McDyess have ever won either.

    Plus who would you rather have on your team next season, Vin
Baker/Steve Smith or Antoine Walker/Paul Pierce? The fact that it is
even debatable tells you something. Walker and Pierce probably have the
talent to earn that level of respect, but they need to put the last
pieces of the puzzle together this year and really focus on those goals.
It would be really nice to finally see a couple of Boston Celtics
players on future USA Teams. And once Jerome Moiso is more settled in
with the NBA, I hope he will also deliver some "boîtes de whup-ass
sérieuse" (excuse my French)  for his own national team. I  love
international sports competitions, especially the Olympics.

Joe


    p.s. IMO while this is Paul M's list-- which in practice makes him
the bouncer/bartender in my favorite online sports bar-- I don't think
readers need to call for or seek censorship of others. Whenever someone
goes overboard in their abuse of another listmember, the majority of
readers can make the judgement for themselves who they think is fair or
right.

    I don't have a particularly thick skin, but I do think it goes with
the territory to have this sort of diverse (and frankly entertaining)
banter. Maybe some of my posts are on-topic and interesting but lets say
others are self-indulgent, too self-referential, too long and repetitive
or too extreme (e.g. Fortson rules! etc.)  If Greg Ode flamed me royally
for a bad post, it wouldn't mean that he expects us to regard him as the
holy grand arbiter of list BS detection. I think he actually goes to
extremes playing the role of a "crackpot" just to make it clear he isn't
doing any of this to win over our sympathy and support. Those sorts of
posts from Celts fans are something you need to balance out the
over-seriousness of our debates sometimes. Sure, I wish Tom Murphy, Kim
Malo, Noah, "Snoopy" and Doctor Moses more regularly contributed to the
list, since they are all educated fans and love the team. Granted these
people probably just have better things to do now, but if they may have
left the Celts list because of the uncivility/boorishness of one or two
people including myself, then I would have to rethink my opinion.

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