Re: All-Star Saturday thoughts

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

JJ's comments concerning our All Stars, unless it was tongue in cheek, is
cover for the fact he hasn't hit crap for awhile. I do surely give him the
rookie benefit, but that will only last so long. Somewhere sometime he has
to contribute or look for other excuses or get more slivers.

L8ter
DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kestas" <Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: All-Star Saturday thoughts


> Rookie game:
> JJ's got game! Well, we knew that all along. What he doesn't have (yet, I
> hope) is chutzpah. But last night it seemed like he shot every time he got
> the ball, even if it wasn't the case, as he also managed pile up some
> assists and rebounds. His post-game comments seemed to indirectly place
the
> blame for his current malaise on our two All-Stars, as in 'there was no
one
> obvious to give up the ball to  in this game, so I took 13 shots in 21
> minutes'.
>
> 3-point contest:
> Pretty much what I expected of Paul. Actually, I didn't expect him to
score
> just 8 points, but that's what sometimes happens when you're not a
> 'professional' 3-point shooter a la Craig Hodges/Tim Legler/ Wesley
Person,
> but a natural born scorer. Peja apparently can do both.
>
> The 3-on-3 competition:
> I like it a lot better than the stupid 2-ball. I loved it when my man
> Marciulionis killed LA, who were assumed to win the whole thing, with his
> 15 points in the first round.  He looks like he could still play in the
> NBA, but then I'm biased. Magic looked liked crap. Moses could probably
> still give good 15 minutes off the bench to most NBA teams. They were
> hacking him so much, I thought a fight was going to break out in the
final.
> Attention, Chris Wallace, we need some rebounding and low-post scoring
> help!  :)
> The whole WNBA promotion thing backfired again, as the women looked like
JJ
> playing for the Celtics lately - timid/subservient/nervous. 'Ed' Cavanaugh
> is smart and funny, Justin Timberlake is a puerile moron. But he scored on
> Kenny, who will never live it down. I don't envy The Jet right now.
>
> The Slam Dunk contest:
> Lamo. I wish Kedrick were there.
>
> Kestas