RE: sick of losing to the WORST teams...

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

Those two death's put us in a real deep hole without a doubt and it isn't
easy rebuilding. This Celtic team has a few promising players on which to
build. I fell pray to the hype of a playoff spot this season. It won't
happen again. We gotta get lucky in the Lottery big time one of these
trips. Pierce was a pretty good start.

At 06:58 AM 1/10/00 PST, you wrote:
>>From: "John Lyell" <Jlyell@concentric.net>
>>
>>Its time to forget about Lewis & Bias. I am sure the Lakers didn't expect 
>>Magic to come down with HIV either.
>
>Yeah, you're right.  The Lakers lost Magic maybe a full two years before he 
>would have retired anyway.  That equates to losing one all-star player who 
>was just hitting his prime, and another player (the number 2 pick in the 
>draft, when that meant something) who may very well have been even better 
>(we'll never know).  Is it "time to forget about Lewis and Bias"?  Of course 
>not.  Is it time that the Celtics were able to put together a decent team 
>without using them as an excuse?  Yes.  But you are the one who brought up 
>the Lakers, and wanted to know why the Celtics have sunk further from glory 
>than they did.  To try and pretend that those two tragic deaths didn't have 
>something to do with that is absurd.  However, that is the hand the Celtics 
>were dealt and they must play it. Now, if you seem to think the Lakers are a 
>better organization and you'd rather be a fan of them, you are perfectly 
>free to do so, but I don't think you'll get much respect around here.
>
>Jim
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