Re: how baker will fit in

[bird <birdwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: lancejacob@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Ah, yes, just another Ode to Paul, where we learn of
> his wondrous feats in Kansas, even though Roy Williams
> refused to let him control the ball and thus stifled
> Paul the Epistle from scoring 60 per night.
"The Epistle"?  Of all the nicknames that people have tried to give Paul 
Pierce this one has got to be the most esoteric.  I thought the whole mail 
analogy was the exclusive bailiwick of Karl Malone?

In addition, your characterization of what Tammo said seems way off base.  
He hardly seems to put Pierce on a pedestal or something.  Though you 
really seem to have something against him.  Paul Pierce does have faults 
(free throws, sometimes out of control on drives, could improve 
defensively) but he's certainly an outstanding NBA player, one deserving 
of "odes".  (Though I've hardly been reminded of Keats.)  Did anyone catch 
the third quarter of the game in Indy tonight?  Pierce lit it up and rally 
seemed to fire up the US team.  And you've gotta love that three-pointer 
at the end of the third.  Classic Paul Pierce.  (That was a nice tip of 
the inbounds pass, though, by some US player -- Ben Wallace?)

Bird