RE: Newest NBA superstar!

["Ravi Singh" <kelticsfan@attbi.com>]

There is no point in dwelling on the trade in this way.  What's the
point?  O'Brien's system did not have room for the talents of Johnson as
his skills warranted that the ball he in his hands so that he could
create for his teammates.  With Walker and Pierce getting the bulk of
the touches, Johnson's skills were being wasted and they would continue
to be as long as O'Brien wanted to run the offense through Walker and
Pierce.  Johnson is so much more than a "stand at the three point line
and wait for an open look kind of player" and unfortunately O'Brien did
nothing to utilize his skills appropriately.  Kedrick Brown who is a
"stand at the three point line kind of guy" will "fit" much better into
the "system." He'll do the hustle things like rebound and dunk on the
break but he won't make his teammates better like JJ could have.  Oh
well... If  O'Brien would have given JJ a chance to be groomed as the
point guard, because he has those type of skills, Johnson would have fit
extremely well with Walker and Pierce.  He would have got them so many
easy shots.  Oh well again....

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com] On Behalf
Of Josh O.
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:11 PM
To: Georgek27@AOL.com; celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: Newest NBA superstar!


Maybe you should say it to Chris Wallace, Jim O'Brien,
and Richard Pond.  CC it to Mssrs. Simmons, Vecsey,
Aldridge, Berry, et. al. as well.

Signed,

Cassandra
--- Georgek27@AOL.com wrote:
> 23 pts, 11 reb., 6 assists ... Joe Johnson.
> 
> BTW it came in a losing effort vs. the Bulls.
> 
> Seeing numbers like this after his shrinking violet
> act here I can't say what
> I'd like to say to him without offending some
> listmembers.
> 
> George
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