Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V7 #296

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Not that I should do this, and I know the people who have messaged me saying
not to waste my time, will be mad at me, but:

I did not say any of the things that Ryan accuses me of.  I certainly know
enough about the game to not utter that Toine should play the Center
position.  As well, I never mentioned he was as good as Duncan.

Ryan stated rather matter-of-factly, that we match up with the Lakers and
Spurs at every position "except" Center.  Seems that it actually a
compliment to Toine if he matches up so well with his opponent, according to
Ryan anyway.  I just pointed out that Toine does not play Center.  Seems
like Center is our weakest position if we match up so well with the elite
teams everywhere else.  Methinks that Ryan is victimized by his overactive
and vivid imagination.  Anyway, since he claims that he will not post
anymore, he won't be able to belittle me/us or anyone else who has the right
to disagree with him.

I think anyone who has followed this list for the past few years know how I
feel about our team.  They are not perfect but they are my team and I will
live and die with their fortunes.  Rather than sling jabs and kidney punches
like others who are seemingly incapable of carrying on intelligent
discussions.

I would ask Ryan to show evidence that I made the claims or suggestions he
mentions, but he is gone, like the wind Mariah!  Boohoo.

Cecil :-)



----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Lee <rlee_at_channing@yahoo.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V7 #296


> To Bird@pixi and Cecil.
>
> "We
> match up so well with the Lakers and the Spurs now,
> except for the
> Center
> position, which Toine does not play.  Hmmmm."
>
> - Cecil, July 27,2000
>
> How much reasoning of Cecil's is really logical?  Are
> you saying that Walker is so "good" he should play the
> center position?  Cecil, are you daft?  He is only 6'9
> isn't he?  He can barely shoot over Austin Croshere,
> what makes you think he can score on Shaq.  I forgot,
> you and the rest of the melonheads in this group keep
> inventing new attributes for Walker.
> Walker is like a fishing story for you guys.
> Everytime you talk about him, he gets bigger and
> better.  From this whole discussion, I have discovered
> that Antoine has a plethora of low post moves, is
> justified to throw up 900 bricks because he is the
> primary scoring option, and is the ultimate team
> player.  Next thing you know, you'll be telling me
> that he can shoot grenades out of his ass and will
> sprout wings from his back so that he can slam dunk
> the ball more efficiently.  So I guess Antoine playing
> center in Cecil's eyes is not too far fetched.
>
> As for the rest of you Walker melonheads, I never said
> the Celts could beat the Lakers or Spurs.  I said they
> match up well except for the center position.  It was
> Cecil that says that Walker is every bit as good as
> Duncan so using his twisted logic I stated that Walker
> can handle Duncan as well when they are matched up.
> In reality the Celts only match up in the backcourt
> and small forward spot since Walker and Vitaly are
> defensive liabilities.  As for the Lakers and Spurs
> owning the Celts, hey didn't they own just about every
> other team in the league?  The Spurs and Lakers blew
> out many teams last season that had far more talent
> than the Celts did (Kings, Sonics, etc.)  Duh, people.
>
> Oh and Bird@pixi, you are my "hero" for continuing the
> animosity of this discussion.  Way to go schmoe for
> using sarcasm to try and stop sarcasm.  Where did you
> learn such clever techniques for diffusing a tense
> discussion?  Only a PhD like a yourself would think
> that you can stop ridicule by ridiculing some more.
> You know, you insulted me so badly and embarrassed me
> so much with that totally stupid and lame post, I will
> not write anymore to this group.  Yeah, and you might
> actually have seen Bird play without having to watch
> the Classic Sports Channel.
>
>
>
>
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