Re: Thoughts from the Fleet

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

I think you overstate Reggie Lewis' skills. He was a good player, but the
second best in the league ! Come on.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Elgin W Booth" <ewbooth@hopper.unh.edu>
To: "Amy Beauregard" <amyeb88@yahoo.com>
Cc: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: Thoughts from the Fleet


> I would have to strongly disagree with you here. Reggie was a great, great
> player, severely underrated, at the time of his death he was the 2nd best
> off guard in the NBA behind Jordan. The guy was pretty unstoppable, and
> you have to remember how clutch he was in the 4th quarter, the guy made
> some unbelievable shots. From 18 feet and in, he didn't miss, plus he
> played good defense. If he had lived, I think he would've became the best
> off guard in the NBA after Jordan's retirement. I mean, look how highly
> Reggie Miller has been regarded over the past 6 years, Lewis used to take
> him to school!!
>
>  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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