Re: "The eye of the Tiger."

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

I did not see the game JB but I am sure the doom and gloomers will find a
bone of contention.  Perhaps because Brand had a monster game, or perhaps we
were lucky to shoot 90% from the line, or maybe Potapenko missed a shot, or
Antoine smiled at Herren too much, or some such goofiness.  Just watch and
see....Dan, Ryan, anybody??

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: <JBMetzEA@aol.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:05 AM
Subject: "The eye of the Tiger."


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>     When you look into his eyes you see the determination and the
craftiness.
>  Whether he was picking himself off the floor, after being knocked into
the
> stanchion by a 275 pound opponent, after a drive to the hoop, or when he
was
> hurled to the ground by an equally angered behemoth after boxing him out
and
> pushing him into the stanchion.
>     We saw Chris Herren's "A" game last night. Dish, drive to the hoop,
drive
> and dish and the easy three point range when they backed off. Anderson
played
> well last night, but the reason we won, were able to hold the lead, was
when
> Kenny came out, there was no drop off. No loss in offensive flow. Herren
> scored when they gave him his spots or passed and found easy shots for our
> subs, early in the shot clock. For this reason we saw more perimeter
> passing, finding the open man than I have seen in a long time.
>     When we traded Pack there was some concern. We knew Pack had NBA
talent,
> but didn't know about Herren. The concept was right. We didn't need three
> injury prone point guards, all at the same stage of their career; but a
young
> one, who would sit comfortably for a year or two, until Anderson faded
away,
> was worth taking a chance on. What was Dan Issel thinking?
>     Remember this was the Bulls. There was no Stephon Marbury or Sam
Cassell
> here. Will Herren be quick enough to defend these guys? Not sure, but I
have
> the feeling that if they blow by him, they will pay a price. A bloody
nose? A
> blackened eye? He has that look. No one will take his lunch money in the
> school yard.
>     Obviously; we, the fans, the Celtic faithful, will love this kid. Win
or
> lose, Herren will put on a show for us every night. The surprising thing,
is
> how his teammates beamed at his success. When he came off the floor after
his
> run in the second quarter, hitting a couple of threes and finding easy
shots
> for his teammates, they were all there to greet him. No one had a bigger
> smile that Antoine. When he came off after a timeout in the second half,
> Kenny Anderson was smiling ear to ear, hugging him and taking him aside
for
> some comments.
>     This team is tired of losing. I saw that tonight, Herren gave them the
> potential to break the bad habits of selfish play, instead of being
jealous
> or worrying about their points and minutes, they embraced the kid's
success
> and rallied around his toughness, to become a team.
>     Chris Herren is a leader. A real leader, by example. It won't take all
> that long for him.
> JB
>
>     Unchain my heart!
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