Re: Damn, is it good or bad

["Celtics Fan" <celticsf@hotmail.com>]

I wonder what the good folks on the Knicks, Sonics and Blazers lists are 
saying today?  These teams all looked pretty bad.  Sure it is one game and 
the Blazers were without Pippen and Sabas, but still they HAD to win that 
game to set some tone. Did anyone see the cuts of Rider killing his old 
team? IF he plays all season with even half his potential, then the Lakers 
can mail it in now for many years.

Pass the Hemlock Martha. Put me down for 37 wins,
Bob Hudson

"Where did they find Jim Nabors body?"


>From: "Jim Meninno" <Jim_Meninno@hotmail.com>
>To: "Celtics Mail List" <celtics@igloo.igtc.com>
>Subject: Re: Damn, is it good or bad
>Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:36:43 -0500
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: R. Bentz Kirby <bocelts@usit.net>
>
> > Well, if tonight is any indication, Larry Brown may be working
> > miracles.  They destroyed the knicks who were soft with Camby being
> > scored upon at will.  Surely they are not that bad.  Surely the 76ers
> > are not that good?  But, is it good or bad.  We'll see.
>
>Well, the Knicks played the 76'ers, and no one was killed or maimed, so
>that's bad.  The biggest negative I came away with is that, if we're 
>waiting
>for Tony Battie to become Theo Ratliff, it's going to be a very long wait.
>Ratliff is a shotblocker in a way that I don't think Battie will ever
>become.  It's not about athleticism, it's about instincts and timing.
>Ratliff waits much better, where Tony goes for almost every fake.
>Offensively, Battie has better shooting and ball handling skills, but 
>that's
>not going to help him do what the Celtics want from him, i.e. to play
>center.  Ratliff at least showed that, if he gets the ball in good position
>down low, he's not completely lost.  This game also featured that other
>player that compares to Battie, Marcus Camby.  Camby didn't have a very 
>good
>game, and looked at least as lost as Battie does defensively.  Actually,
>Danny Ainge and John Thompson spent most of the game ragging on him.  At 
>one
>point, after Ratliff had been muscling Camby in the post, Kukoc came in and
>Camby guarded him.  Kukoc alternatively drove around him and shot over him
>repeatedly.  One of the color guys noted, "Camby couldn't guard Ratliff in
>the post, he can't guard Kukoc outside, he's going to have to guard
>*somebody*".
>
>Jim
>

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