Re: The Antoine and Paul Era

["Orion" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

I tell you if these two guys can play steady all year, and we can get some
low post presence at the 5, maybe Tim Duncan would be interested if we can
free up enough cap room. Imagine Duncan, Pierce & Walker at the 3 with a
decent penetrating point?  I still do not think this is beyond our reach.
They really need to sell him on rekindling the Laker Celtic rivalry. Nobody
cares about the Lakers Kings, Blazers etc.

You gotta believe!




----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Ozersky" <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:48 PM
Subject: The Antoine and Paul Era


> I think some of you guys are being a little hard on
> Paul and Antoine, who are playing very hard on both
> ends of the floor.  I mean, to listen to what Mark
> Berry is writing, you would think Antoine was average
> six rebounds a game, rather than being the seventh
> leading rebounder in the NBA, less than a point behind
> Shaquille O'Neal and Dikembe Mutumbo.  He shoots a lot
> of threes, but he shoots 40% from there, an incredibly
> accurate percentage even for a specialist who takes
> three or four a game, let alone a guy who leads league
> history in attempts.  And he's busting his ass on
> defense.  The guy deserves SOME respect.  Look.  We
> aren't in a position to content for a title now, but
> we have one of the best forwards in the NBA in
> Antoine, and an MVP-caliber scorer in Pierce.  Now,
> Robert Parish might not be walking through the door,
> but I know we can get some easy baskets, some fast
> breaks and dunks off turnovers, some cutting and
> slashing and one-on-one mismatches -- particularly if
> we can get Joe Johnson firing on all cylinders again,
> and Kedrick Brown somehow plugged in.  I just know we
> can.  The Knicks got to the NBA finals a few years ago
> with two all-star swingmen and a lanky 4/5;
> Philadelphia got there last year with only one money
> scorer, and half the roster playing with bum wheels.
> We're not that far.
>
> Even when I hate seeing the team play bad basketball,
> I don't think this team needs a Tim Duncan to be
> competitive.  Bring back the flow; the future will follow.
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