RE: Mixed reaction

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I think the thing a lot of us are missing, too, is that we have lost to some

damn good teams over the past couple of weeks.  The Lakers, the Sixers,
the Bucks, the Hornets at their very hottest; that's four of our five last
games.
I really wish we could have gotten last night's though; maybe we would have
if O'Brien had not decided to press.  No good can come of that!  Walter 
defending Shaq -- how cynical can you get?  Anyway, you can't expect to
win a game where you give up 112 points.  Milt will make a fine backup to
Jaamal Tinsley or someone like him; and I hope we can trade the other picks
for a dependable scoring option down low, since everyone seems to feel
that's
what we are missing.  Personally, I would rather see us play like Philly,
getting
decent shots from cutters and double teams, and dunks and layups off
turnovers.
We need a gifted pure point more than we need a scorer down low.  But
anyway,
we lost last night because of defense.  I'm glad I didn't see the second
half.  OK,
now we have to beat Denver and Phoenix.  I'm sure we can do it.  Something
has
to give in this deathmatch with the Pacers; if we can just win a couple of
games in a 
row, we should get our momentum back.  It's been painful to watch the team
play
as well as they have and lose to the league's elite by close margins.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cecil Wright [SMTP:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:45 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Mixed reaction
> 
> Paolo,
> 
> Tell me what coach you think would be successful in coaching his team to
> lose?  Do you think Walker, Pierce, Randy Brown, Bryant Stith are going to
> take the court with losing as their prime objective as a way of targetting
> a
> young player who may not be able to make a contribution to the team during
> the next season?
> 
> Do you think the owners want the team to lose on the court and at the
> gate,
> while they are paying millions to the players to perform?  How is it best
> for the team to lose now?  Do you think that a higher draft pick will
> guarantee success?   They just played LA tough on the road but you would
> think, from reading your post, that they got blown out by 50.
> 
> This team, when it goes down, will go down fighting, just as they, or any
> other team should.   And that is to their credit.
> 
> Cecil
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mafiaso316@AOL.com>
> To: <Douglas342@AOL.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 4:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Mixed reaction
> 
> 
> > I hate to say it folks, but why not just tank the rest of the season and
> help
> > ourselves through the draft?  We need a strong pg and center, right?
> who
> in
> > the draft is going to help us?  What does everyone think of Battier?
> Scouts
> > say he is not a lottery pick even though he is a Celtic kind of player,
> he
> > plays team ball and his team mate is a hell of a player, Williams is who
> I
> > think his name is.  What about the kid named Jones at Georgia Tech?
> He's
> a
> > hustler at center.  So We make the playoffs at number 8 and get our
> asses
> > kicked by the hated sixers, the hell with that, keep, Toine, Double P,
> Milt,
> > Batman, Brian S., Chris Carr, Jerome, Brown, and get rid of the rest of
> the
> > team and use those three draft picks.  I'm sick of the losing (wished
> that
> > Lenny and Reggie were still with us).  What does everyone think?
> >
> > Paolo
> >