RE: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397

["Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So what do you call Toine's vociferous message during a timeout last year in
the great comeback over Joisey?  Is that not the very essence of leadership?
It is simply not true that you must have a leader as a PG to be a winner.
Quick question for you...who is the PG for the Spurs?  

Cecil  

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Forant [mailto:dforant1@nycap.rr.com]
Sent: December 06, 2002 8:03 AM
To: Celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397


Huh, the leadership I was describing is point guard instinct leadership. Our
co-captains can't supply that feature. Shammond a leader...............are
you watching the same games? We are 12-6, we play hard. PP's and Walkers
leadership is all cheerleader type, no fundamental leadership. In fact they
probably lead the team in bad habits.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: <GuyClinch@AOL.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397


> > This is a game where a point guard would have clearly helped especially
the
> > last 5 minutes of the game. The team has no qualified court leadership.
A 2
> > guard nor a power forward can't do it. It is a 5 minute game and Philly
> > took
> > over. Great effort by the Celts though. We're so close, yet so far.
>
> No qualified court leadership? All I can say is..huh?!?
>
> About all we have is good leadership from Pierce and Walker..
> That is our best trait.
>
> The rest of the guys aren't really NBA top quality players at this point.
The
> fact that get so much out of marginal talents like EWill, McCarty and the
> like is because of their leadership. If you want to check out a team with
no
> leadership try watching Golden State! They have alot more talent 2-12 then
we
> do, but because the lack leadership they aren't that good...
>
> The Celts play hard and hang tough nearly all the time..they are really
quite
> a gritty team, and thats because of the leadership of Pierce and Walker.
>
> We are going to lose some of the time especially when we are on the road
and
> heavily outrebounded.. What we could have used is some more talent..a
healthy
> K. Brown or a guy like Keon Clark might have been the difference in a game
> like that.
> Instead we have a wide open McCarty bricking from the corner...
>
> The leadership is there..look at Shammond. He is obviously a somewhat
> talented guy who never really did anything before coming to the Celts..but
> under the leadership of OB...Pierce and Walker the guy is doing well. Heck
> they even got him to play some defense something that I heard he has never
> done before.
>
> Truth is OB is right..it doesn't really matter where the leadership comes
> from as long as you have it.
>
> MJ is an example of a two guard who leads his team, and KG is a PF that
leads
> his team. You don't need your point to lead a team, just guys who can
handle
> the ball.
>
> We are 12-6 and will likely win 20 games by the New Year.. I don't see a
> reason to complain. Considering our woeful talent base after Pierce and
> Walker thats will be an amazing achievement.
>
> Pete