Re: JJ in Phoenix

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

Whatever, he's gone. He didn't produce here for whatever reason. I do know
he missed a lot of open jumpers. I wish him well, we'll see how his numbers
hold up.
The Celts got the better part of the deal.
L8ter
DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ravi Singh" <kelticsfan@attbi.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: JJ in Phoenix


> Phoenix runs a system in which JJ is going to thrive.  I flipped between
> the Boston and Phoenix games last night and the Suns gave JJ the freedom
> to create for his teammates. They even posted him up and ran a couple of
> plays for him.  He was on the floor at the end of the game and played
> with poise and intelligence.  With respect to his comments, I think JJ
> was referring to the fact that he hadn't received much playing time
> recently.
>
> JJ's struggles in Boston were more a result of the woeful offensive
> system Boston runs rather than his lack of passion or intensity for the
> game.  In any event, Boston got some bench help and Phoenix gets a
> quality player to help with their rebuilding process.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com] On Behalf
> Of Douglas342@AOL.com
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:00 AM
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: JJ in Phoenix
>
>
>    JJ had 11 points on 4/8 shooting in 24 minutes, along with 3 steals,
> 3
> assists and 3 rebounds.  Milt had 6 points in 11 minutes.  I tried to
> cut'n'paste from the Suns website without success, but JJ says he is not
>
> unhappy about the trade, that he was getting no minutes, but now has a
> chance
> to play.
>    Uh, JJ?  You STARTED for the first 20 or so games in Boston, y'know.
> At
> any rate, no ill will here, may you have a fine career.
>     As for the Dallas loss, it's a game which we wouldn't have expected
> top
> win a week ago.  Dallas is a better team, they're at home.  So I
> expected a
> loss and we got one, although it dure didn't come the way I figured it
> would.
>     Who would have thought that we'd be 2-4 on this trip, with the wins
> against Portland and the Lakers???