Re: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

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

Where do I say salvage the season. I'm worried about the decade!

Dan

At 01:58 PM 10/22/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Good consistency Dan.  One minute we may be able to salvage the season if
>only, and the next we aren't going any place anyway.  Which is it??
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>Cecil
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
>To: <celtics@igloo.igtc.com>
>Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 9:35 AM
>Subject: Re: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
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>> KA may be one of our big 3, but we will never improve with him. The Celts
>aren't going any place for a few years so let's dump KA while he has value
>and get a point, even a green one if need be and let him grow with the team.
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>> Dan
>> At 11:10 AM 10/22/00 EDT, you wrote:
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>>   --- Dan Forant wrote:
>>   Pitino is best known for bringing in sets of players that don't
>compliment
>>   themselves to the team.
>>   --- end of quote ---
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>>   Now, I know that today's players aren't the most modest of people, but
>complimenting themselves, to the whole team no less, is really pushing the
>bounds of propriety...
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>>   --- JBMetzEA wrote:
>>   >most dysfunctional lineup we could ever hope to see on the floor
>together.
>>   >Myskinis, Moiso, McCarty, Carr and Elliot. Soon the lead was gone and
>as the
>>   >starters made their way back in the lineup, they really couldn't get
>the
>>   >same magic going again.
>>   --- end of quote ---
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>>   I understand that Pitino wants to look at players, but the only one in
>this lineup who's worth looking at, IMO, is Moiso, and even he's been
>missing for two games. Even a blind man can see that Miskiri is not NBA
>material, we all know about Wallah, Elliott is a guaranteed cut, and I bet
>Wallace is calling around and trying to dump Carr for a 7th round pick in
>2043 and cap filler as we speak.Still, unless Pitino's trying to see how
>they respond in the worst possible situation, there's no sense having them
>on the court at the same time. This was reminiscent of last year when the
>starters went out, but worse.
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>>   --- JBMetzEA wrote:
>>   >Then came the real bad news, late in the second quarter,
>>   >Herren stepped back on someone's foot and rolled his ankle. He couldn't
>put
>>   >any pressure on his foot and was helped to the dressing room, never to
>>   >return. Sprained ankle they said.
>>   --- end of quote ---
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>>   The bad news is, it was an eversion sprain (ankle rolling in). The very
>strong deltoid ligament on the medial side usually doesn't tear completely,
>but gets partially ripped off the bone with little bone chunks still
>attached to it, what's called avulsion. If that happens, you're looking at a
>month or two in a cast. Besides, there are tendons of important push-off and
>stabilizer muscles (tibialis posterior, flexors hallucis and digitorum etc.)
>in that area that can also get affected in an eversion sprain. The goods
>news is that he didn't *land* on someone's ankle - he *stepped* on it. So
>maybe it's not so bad. Still, Adrian last year in Chicago just stepped on
>someone's ankle, too, and his year was basically finished. It would be a
>pity, because Herren has looked very promising the last 2 games.
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>>   --- JBMetzEA wrote:
>>   > Kenny immediately came in and played brilliantly. Washington was up by
>>   >one and the lead went to seven by half time. Anderson played well
>through
>>   --- end of quote ---
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>>   Kenny showed why, warts and all, we can't just dump him for nothing -
>even if we could. Like him or not, he's one of our "New Big Three" in terms
>of scoring. And he can still pass when he wants to, and hopefully, having
>strong backups this year will make him want.
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