Re: Why no Fortson?

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

Like Cecil says, Celts are still learning. I'd like to know when school's
out. Fortson didn't make much of an impact during his lowly 7 minutes so
Coach pulled him. If he is suited only for certain teams, then let's use
him as trade bait, which I assume is going to happen. Walker did make dumb
mistakes, but the Pro Anderson was the guiltiest with turnovers in the 4th,
especially the 2 that led to dunks immediately. Yet he is having a solid
year. Nobody could stop Garnett, what a talent, even though it hurt, he was
poetry in motion. 

At 02:00 PM 3/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Why the heck wasn't Fortson in during the 4th qtr?? 
>Minnesota got a bunch of second chances they never
>would have had with Danny under the basket. With
>such a close game and each possession of the ball so critical,
>he absolutely should have been in there for rebounding
>purposes.   It's not like he was in foul trouble or anything.
>Jeez!!
>
>Good game - exciting to watch, although hard to watch Antoine 
>revert to his "take it to 4 defenders and get stuffed" offense at the 
>most inopportune moment.
>
>Most players do take time to come into their own - look at Malik Sealy,
>who has been a middling bench player most of his career.  It would
>be a good piece of scouting to target players like that who are 
>on the verge of maturity and a new level of play.
>
>Watched Eddie House of ASU light it up in an NIT game the
>other night. Great shooter (also takes a zillion shots) and sharp
>defender too.  He could be around for the Cs -- wherever they
>pick in the draft will not yield a good big man so they might as
>well take the BPA.  But House plays 2-guard and is PG height (6-1 or so),
>so is likely going to run into the Dana Barros, Eddie Benton 'tweener
>category at the next level.  Of course Philly is doing OK with that
>kind of player in Iverson...    Well, now that the Cs are pretty much
>out of the playoff race, they could get a little lucky in the lottery
>and pick up a higher talent (Courtney Alexander, the HS kid, or Przybilla).
>
>The more I see of Pitino, the more I wish he would exit.  I could get
>provincial about it and say of course I don't like him - he's from 
>New York ; )
>
>On another note, what do you all think of the Sox on the cover of SI
>as favorites to win the world series?
>
> --Ellie
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