Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #121

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

I completely agree with Kestas.  Too bad VP was injured but I am glad it
wasn't someone else.

With Obie's rotations, I am comfortable with his minutes going elsewhere.

Cecil


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kestutis Kveraga" <Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #121


> --- You wrote:
> call me crazy, but VP going down could be a crucial
> blow if we somehow end up in the finals against the
> fakers. he's the only one on the team who can even
> come close to denying shaq the low post.
> --- end of quote ---
>
> Let's not get carried away here. VP is an 8th/9th player on this team  -
if
> he's playing well. Sure, it would've been good to have him just in case
> something happened to Battie, but it's not like he would've seen many
minutes
> anyway.
> The main rotation was going to be the current starting lineup, Rogers,
and
> Strickland, with McCarty, Pot, and Delk getting a look here and there to
see if
> they can get hot.
>
> It's easy to chastise Obie in retrospect, but there are at least 7 players
on
> this team that should've been kept out before Pot. If Obie had kept the
top 8
> out, we'd have to forfeit the game because we'd only have 4 players. And
it's
> not like they can't get hurt during practice - should Obie not hold any
> practices in fear that someone will get hurt before Sunday?
>
> Kestas