Re: This guy sure doesn't think Vitaly fits

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

You can't see the forrest from the trees. Outside opinions are just that,
outside, and are helpful. 

At 05:44 PM 1/14/00 EST, you wrote:
>Personally, I don't think there is much point in posting the opinions
>of random onhoops.com contributors, unless they are on this list too
>and willing to defend their opinions like the rest of us do. How does
>this guy know that Potapenko is not a "tradeable commodity" anyway?
>Philly, for instance, was interested in Potapenko when Cleveland was
>shopping him.

Doesn't Philly have Geiger for a center. 

If we had Geiger were at least 500.

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>And for everyone, like this guy, who blasts Pitino for not getting a
>"true center" who can defend the premiere centers in the league: it's
>not like there's a surplus of these guys in the league or something.
>And teams that have them aren't dying to given them away for Andrew
>DeClercq or something. We don't have someone who can shut down Shaq,
>but face it, not many teams do. If we didn't make the trade, would we
>be better off at the center position? It's easy to criticize someone
>when you don't have to provide a reasonable alternative.

Man, I would just like to beat average teams with average centers.
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>Alex
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>> Here's part of an article at onhoops.com
>> It's an article about the top 5 bonehead plays (or moves I guess)
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>> >>>>>>>>>>>>3) Popatenko is the Celtics' Answer at Center:
>> Okay it was another of 1998 decisions but Oh my Gosh. I am a Celtics
>> man, and I like what Pitino is doing in general but I don't see what he
>> gives them but a hit man. He is not a proven post man (which is why they
>> say they traded for him) but most importantly: HE IS NOT A CENTER. 
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