Re: Re: Re: Summer League player bios

["Jaime S Castillo, Jr." <jaimsite@edsamail.com.ph>]

No man, I don't think so.  I admit that Filipino bkball players(or Asian Bkball)  will never be at the level of the NBA but comparing us to High school teams is unfair.  You never saw the Philippine pro league I assume, and you are definitely mistaken to judge our abilities.  It's like watching New York Knicks against the bad boys Pistons era basketball.  Pure defense and rough,body bangin basketball. Kevin Gamble used to be a reinforcement player until he got called up by the Celts.  Our brand of play has obviously improved,fyi, thanks to Pete Newell's constant visits to give special bkball clinics.  

Mill's great averages are really deceiving to anybody's (who hadn't seen him play) point of view.  But my real point here is that this guy has played in the CBA, Chinese League and the Philippine League and showed his will to win games.  He may not get the chance to score at will if ever he gets tapped but we are just hoping that his determination and intensity would rubb off his teammates.

Asian basketball will only improve more.  Ask Tiny Archibald the current NBA ambassadors coach who got beat by China.

Later dude.

Jaims

owner-celtics@igtc.com wrote:

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>yeah but the guy's that mill's played against in the philippines are about
>the same level as high school fellas in the states.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jaime S Castillo, Jr. <jaimsite@edsamail.com.ph>
>To: <owner-celtics@igtc.com>; <Thndrblt31@aol.com>; Celtics
><celtics@igtc.com>
>Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:10 PM
>Subject: Re: Re: Summer League player bios
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>> Hello, Joe and Thndrblt.  I am happy to see Silas Mills(two time
>Philippine Basketball Assoc. import reinforcement..he was supposed to get
>back here until the Celts called him up) got invited to the celtics current
>camps.  I would be more delighted to see his name on the roster because I
>know this player can play tough basketball.  He is a 3 and could play 2 and
>even the point.  I could compare this guy to a Doug Christie but with
>tremendous intensity and desire to win.  He has range and can really soar.
>All avid PBA watchers wouldn't forget his thunderous dunks, especially
>everyones favorite where he took off one foot after the free throw line and
>jammed the ball with TWO HANDS against another import player(Chris King- a
>former Grizzly) and ONE! One aspect he's also remembered here in the
>Philippines,because of his intensity, is his picking up technical fouls
>every game.  He didn't back off any fights against defending players who got
>his goat...   He use to average 40pts !
>> a game in his first tour of duty here and when he came back his scoring
>dipped to a 32pts/g due to the fact that all the teams playing against him
>double team on him whenever he receives the ball at half court or on post
>ups.
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>> But the one thing I really like about this guy was his ability to lead and
>inspire his teammates.  One time in the semifinal round, he sufferred a
>severe ankle sprain and so the physician told him to sit out the next game.
>But come the crucial game, he suited up and played his heart out despite
>runnin around with a fresh 2 day old sprain!  His team ended up winning the
>game and he tallied 37 points 8rebs and 4 assists. We could only hope
>Pervis...(and Pierce? ----- 2-3 weeks disabled due to sprain) had this
>attitude in them!
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>> This admiration of mine would turn to waste though if he'd turn into a
>Tony Harris(remember him,guys???), a former celtic free agent acquisition.
>For the people in this list who already forgot about Tony "the Hurricane"
>Harris, Tony Harris was a historic figure here in Philippine Basketball.  He
>is most remembered for his 105pts explosion in one game.  His career average
>here in the Philippines in points is around 50/g. Filipino bkball fans were
>very excited after he got a 2nd week contract signing with the Celtics
>because all of us thought he'd do all the scoring he'd done here...but he
>only became a scrub time player.  Averaged only 2pts/g and 1asst/g and if i
>can remember he wasn't given the next contract til the end of the season,
>cutting short his dream.  What a bummer for Filipino fans too!!!
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>> So now, all of bkball fans are holding their breaths and wouldn't count
>the chicks before they're hatched for Silas Mills.  We just hope he'd make
>the cut into the final roster and also hope he'd help the team to WIN...a
>word celtics players, coach, and fans are foreign of now...strange but true.
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>> Thanks for the bios and camp update ThndrBolt.
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>> Jaims
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>> owner-celtics@igtc.com wrote:
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>> >    Thanks TBolt, I loved reading the player bios.
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