Re: I'm not happy at all

["Jaims" <jaims@impactnet.com>]

I am not happy at all knowing our arch nemesis (Lakers) are on the brink of
winning a championship again.  How did they get all the pieces they need to
become this overpowering???  Is it all attributed to Jerry West???  Wow,
maybe what we should do is pry away Jerry West from the Lakers and take him
into the org...  After their Magic/Jabbar era, they only slumped for a
couple of years before being contenders again...and it pains me that it
takes us or will take us 20 years after Bird era to become finals
contenders.


----- Original Message -----
From: Berry, Mark S <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:53 AM
Subject: I'm not happy at all


> Josh, I agree that I'd be happy with a Jermaine O'Neal trade, and I think
we
> can get a player who eventually will help if we keep the draft pick. But
it
> just seems more and more like that's all we're going to do, and that's not
> enough. We don't even hear rumblings about more trades involving the
Celtics
> (unless you believe the Antoine-Van Horn rumor, and I don't).
>
> It just seems Pitino has decided to add the draft pick or trade the pick
for
> a player, explore his options with the veteran's exception, and go into
the
> season hoping for improvement via experience. I think he's hoping that
will
> be enough to sneak into the eighth playoff spot, allowing him to run off
to
> UCLA with his Boston mission "accomplished."
>
> I just don't see it, and I'm becoming more and more resigned to watching
> this same team again next year. That's depressing, if you ask me. Even if
we
> improved by five games in the standings, we'd still miss the playoffs. And
a
> five-game improvement is asking a lot with no significant changes in
> personnel.
>
> Maybe this is just the quiet before the storm. Maybe Pitino has a lot of
> deals up his sleeve, or at least one blockbuster. I hope so.
>
> Mark
>
>