Re: Finally Some Coaching

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

whatever.  With his lift, it might as well be a foot
taller.  C'mon.

--- Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> I didn't know Jordan was 6'9" :-)
> 
> Cecil
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
> To: Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>;
> <Georgek27@aol.com>;
> <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 4:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Finally Some Coaching
> 
> 
> > It's not that West wasn't great; but Jordan at
> that
> > position is an open and shut case, as everybody
> knows.
> >  Jordan was six inches taller, forty pounds
> stronger,
> > and three times as fast.  West couldn't have
> covered
> > him without a net, and Jordan would have made
> West's
> > life miserable when West had the ball.
> >
> > --- Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> > > Not looking to start anything here (who me?) but
> > > Jerry West did not earn the
> > > nickname "Mr. Clutch" for nothing.  He was a
> great
> > > player at both ends of
> > > the court, though he may not have been the most
> > > athletic in terms of
> > > vertical leap, etc.  Some others would argue
> that
> > > omitting Kareem is also
> > > crazy.
> > >
> > > Cecil
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <Georgek27@aol.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 4:53 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Finally Some Coaching
> > >
> > >
> > > > How can anyone actually say that Jerry West is
> > > better
> > > > than Michael Jordan?  And how about leaving
> Larry
> > > Bird
> > > > off the list?  Tommy is nuts.
> > > >
> > > > --- Georgek27@aol.com wrote:
> > > > > In a message dated 12/31/99 8:36:47 AM
> Eastern
> > > > > Standard Time,
> > > > > dforant1@nycap.rr.com writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > << Heinsohn's Century team: West, Cous,
> Petit,
> > > > > Baylor and Russell. What do you
> > > > >  think?  >>
> > > > > I thought it was both funny & amazing that
> he
> > > left
> > > > > Jordan (and Robertson) off
> > > > > the list but I wasn't surprised that he
> chose
> > > his
> > > > > contemporaries.
> > > > >
> > > > > George
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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