Re: Finally Some Coaching

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

My two cents. The Bulls don't beat LA, no way.

At 03:39 PM 1/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Don't get mad at me.  You're the one who said he was 6 inches taller.  If
>not for the unmatched success of the Celtics back then, the Lakers may have
>won as many titles as Jordan and the Bulls.  Put those teams on the same
>court and I'm not convinced the Bulls would win.
>
>Cecil
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
>To: Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>; <Georgek27@aol.com>;
><celtics@igtc.com>
>Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 3:31 PM
>Subject: Re: Finally Some Coaching
>
>
>> 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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