Re: Give NJ credit

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Separating themselves from the rest in the East is an understatement.
They'll go through the East like *crap through a goose*. And who would ever
thought any management team could improve a team this day and age, certainly
not the Celts. Celtic management still sucks. Rogers and Delk fell into
their arms and we got into the playoffs. We'll need luck again I'm afraid.
The big if is whether our new *center* is up to the task. It was fun last
season. A lot of teams had to cooperate with our success. Will it happen
again? tick, tick, tick.................

DanF


----- Original Message -----
From: <hironaka@nomade.fr>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: Give NJ credit


> Well, I'd give NJ credit this summer for separating
> themselves from their nearest rivals. It makes things
> more fun to have a legit returning contender to try to
> beat.
>
> And who would have ever thought the Nets would evolve
> into a serious Celtics rival and the class of the east?
>
> The Nets owners deserve as much credit as Rod Thorn, for
> spending to address flaws that needed to be addressed.
> This on a team will low attendance and hype compared to
> the Knicks.
>
> Signing Rodney Rogers puts them at 55.2 million, which
> definitely puts them at risk of the luxury cap. Now they
> have to cross their fingers it won't happen. Peter May
> wrote that they were willing to go up to 57 million in
> payroll. I wonder if they know something Gaston doesn't
> know.
>
> As for Wallace, he's got the Celtics at 51.8 million as
> instructed. So now its Battie that will have to go out to
> the perimeter to guard Rogers next season. Gaston clearly
> doesn't like the idea of taxes. I'm sure Wallace and Obie
> did their best to influence him. I wonder what Red
> Auerbach is thinking about the situation. I'm sure he's
> dealt with bean counters like Pond Scum before. But he
> isn't getting younger and no doubt would have liked for
> Boston to go for it all.
>
> For that matter, I wonder what Red thinks about Leo
> Papile's constant spinning. You go back to read the
> quotes Wallace and Papile were spewing about our three
> draft picks last year and the importance of draft picks
> etc., its just astonishing. Now Leo's telling fans that
> Bruno Sundogg would have been the fifth pick in this
> year's draft. I guess that's possible, but Leo has earned
> zero credibility lately. I don't know what gives him the
> impression that Boston fans appreciate being treated this
> way, like we're teenagers shopping for a used car.
>
> Well, in any case I'm looking forward to next season.
>
> The Nets seem like the team to beat, because they have a
> scoring bench to rival anyone (Lucious, Rodney and Aaron
> Williams), defense to rival anyone (Detroit's defense
> will be great too), and showtime athleticism in the
> starting lineup with Kenyon, Jefferson, Dikimbe, Kittles
> and Jason Kidd. That lineup has "team chemistry" written
> all over it. They are going to play some scary ball next
> year...imagine what the scores would be if Rodney Rogers
> switched sides in the last playoffs?
>
> Its good nonetheless. The East would not be as fun
> without at least one legitimate rival, capable of blowing
> out teams by 30 on any given night.
>
> In fact, the Celts have a lot of exciting regular season
> games to look forward to next season, what with the Nets,
> Detroit, the Heat and Sixers etc. Maybe even the Knicks.
> McDyess was telling people last week on the Rucker League
> sidelines that he is jumping higher and faster than he
> did prior to the injury. We'll see.
>
> Go Celtics 2002-03!
>
> JH
>
>
> p.s. Joe Forte reportedly made an appearance at Rucker,
> playing under the name of "Joey Smooth". Kobe Bryant
> played in one game too. They broadcast some games on
> obscure Time Warner Cable channels in New York City. The
> courtside announcers are hilarious. You may have seen it,
> but there was this one white guy who was playing well,
> and every time he'd score the announcer goes "Cable Guy
> goes for twooo" or "The Pet Detective drives and scores!"
> That kind of stuff. Each player has a nickname at Rucker,
> like "Bone Collector" or "the Beautician" (Mark Jackson).
> The 19-year-old Lenny Cooke was MVP the past two years.
> He dropped out of high school 2 years ago.
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