Re: Trade Polls

["Troy Hash" <troyhash@kih.net>]

Oh, so sorry that thousands  and thousands of people out there in NBA land
are all "lay people" while you by yourself on the other hand no more than
the rest of us.  Forgive me, I thought this was America where opinions
counted and majority ruled.  You must be on Pitego's payroll, because you
are one of the few who don't see this for what it really is:  "THIEFDOM" at
its best!  Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: bird <birdw@aloha.net>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: Trade Polls


> >From: "Troy Hash" <troyhash@kih.net>
> >
> >In both Yahoo & ESPN polls on who got the better end of the deals, =
> >nearly 60% say in both polls that the Knicks came away like bandits.  =
> >The other 3 teams are getting 10-17% votes.
>
> Oh, yes, by all means, let's use popular opinion as a yardstick for
> how good this trade was for the Knicks.  Surely "nearly" 60% of the
> yahoos who ... well, yahoo, I guess, can't be wrong?  Why, that's
> inconceivable!  Seriously, what does it matter what a majority of
> laypeople think about a trade days after, er minutes after, er,
> before it ever happens?  Very little.
>
> >Anyone thinking this isn't =
> >as one sided a deal that has ever been done in NBA history, doesn't know
=
> >much about this here league.
>
> Smile when you say that 'round these here parts, pardner.  We'll just
> let this one slide, since of course, there's been many trades that
> were more one-sided in NBA history.
> --
> wm. l. bird
> mailto:birdw@aloha.net
> "I, too, am running with this devil that you speak of."
>
>