RE: Finally Some Coaching

["John Lyell" <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

West was 6'3" or 6'4" from what I remember so more like 2-3 inches
difference. Both were great clutch players. One on one, I would go with
Jordan, but the league was not as diluted when West played. West probably
played against better defenisive players. A guy the would give Jordan a go
for it was Maravich.  He brought the some flash into the league that had not
been seen before and could shoot the lights out. If the 3 pointer would have
been in effect when he played college he would have averaged 50 a game his
junior and senior years.




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
Josh Ozersky
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 12:15 PM
To: Cecil Wright; Georgek27@aol.com; celtics@igtc.com
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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