Re: Walker stinks.....period.

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

Yeah, like the allegations that he is the most hated player in the league?

I think much of it stems from the fact that this franchise has wallowed to
escape from the lower depths of the league hierarchy which is a spot that
many of us are not accustomed to, though it has been all too frequent in
recent years.

That makes Toine an easy target for the wrath of those who perceive
themselves as real fans.  The fact that the talent he is associated with may
not be up to par makes no difference.  It's what have you done for me lately
that matters.  There are some folks who were begrudging in their praise when
Toine had spectacular games on the west coast last year and when he burned
the Wiz prior to that.  They don't like him, don't respect him and don't
want him on this team, pure and simple.

I am always amused by the fact that despite how revered Larry Bird is on
this list, he was viewed by some as a chump for wanting Toine when he was
involved with the Pacers.

Cecil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noah Evans" <ishbak@forest.STUDENT.cwru.edu>
To: "Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
Cc: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: Walker stinks.....period.


> On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 03:30:13PM -0800, Cecil Wright wrote:
> > C'mon Noah...you know Ryan doesn't handle your kind of discussion well.
You
> > need to call a few names and try to be as humiliating as possible.
Check
>
> Heh... your answer would be funny if a lot of sports analysis didn't
> boil down to that. I'm really not sure about the causes of this, but
> why do you think that people who are down on Antoine's abilities as a
> player feel the need to use his deficiencies as evidence that he's
> somehow a bad person?
>
> Sure a both Antoine's mannerisms and his offensive inefficency are
> annoying but he's hardly the power-mad selfish evil-doer that most of
> his detractors say he is.
>
> I'm not quite sure why success makes players like Sprewell or
> Bryant(who IMO are far more arrogant and annoying than Antoine)
> impervious to criticism while Antoine's struggles are constantly
> trotted out as evidence of his evil ways.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Noah