Re: Thoughts from the Fleet

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

God, I love Rodman,he's trouble no doubt, but he can and does rebound and
makes teams winners. I do agree with Tommy Heinsohn, he did dive for the
ball for show. That's his act. It was the most exciting thing that happened
to the Fleet last nite. That speaks for itself. 

At 07:45 AM 2/29/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Yes,
>
>That giant sucking sound you heard last night was our
>beloved C's solidifying the lottery!
>
>Last night was the first time I saw Rodman in person
>and he was unbelievable. Rebounding last night like
>crazy (except when Fortson was in from of him).
>
>Antoine has developed this nice move to the basket.
>Have you seen it? He stops dribbling, takes his two
>steps, then hops 180 degrees for another two steps
>before taking his shot. No travelling calls and it
>usually results in a trip to the free throw line. I
>saw him do this in LA also. Nice move if he can
>perfect it.
>
>"Monster" Nash looked like Cousy out there and
>Nowitzski killed us! He is a keeper.
>
>Paul Pierce is unstoppable and V did a great job too.
>Fortson looked good to me. Not enough of him, but how
>can you give him time with Batman out there (LOL)?
>
>Horrifying sight (beside blowing the 20 point lead) --
>4 mins left in the game and AW and KA are playing hot
>potato on offense. When they came back, neither one
>wanted to take the shot, so either AW turned it over,
>or the ball was given to Wal-TUH, who clearly had no
>problem with shooting the ball. 7 3's? Yeah, that's
>what I want my near 7 footer doing at crunchtime.
>Clearly, a veteran presence is needed out there and I
>don't mean Oaktree. Max on the sidelines STILL looks
>fit (and rather well dressed,I might add). Let's suit
>up #31. He couldn't be worse than the other stiffs out
>there. Btw, how can we get a campaign going to retire
>#31 to the rafters? I mean, if Reggie Lewis is up
>there, Max should be too. Let's face it: #35 was
>retired only because of his untimely death. Had he
>retired or been traded, that would be the end of it.
>He was rewarded for his potential and what he might
>have done, where Max got nothing for what he did
>accomplish, which was be the 81 Finals MVP and put the
>C's "on his shoulders" for game 7 of the 84 Finals. 
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