Re: nightmare / ray-itis

["Troy Hash" <troyhash@kih.net>]

I agree 100%!!  I will add this, you MIGHT trade away a young talent IF you
can get that last missing piece of the puzzle to give you a shot at it all!!
What we got was no where near that.  We may win 4-5 more games because of
it.  But we still are no closer to championship with new players than
before.  Funny, how alot of our players that don't blossom here go quickly
to other teams and turn into beautiful flowers.  Even Garnett, Kobe, J.
Oneal, etc, did not burn the nets down their 1st year.  But you didn't see
their teams give them away after 4 months.  Josh is correct, time will prove
that this was one of the worst trades in Celts history!!!  Tell Gaston to go
invest his money in a 5% CD if he wants a stable return for his $$$.  He has
no interest in winning a championship, he is just happy to break even.  No
one wants to lose $$, but in this business chances must be taken or you
don't need to be in the business.  As Wallace has said, this was nothing
more than a tax  $$ move.  That is it!!!   What a waste!!!
Troy
----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Ozersky <jozersky1@nyc.rr.com>
To: celtics list <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: nightmare / ray-itis


> OK,
>
> I'll stop rending my garments and wailing.  But before I do
> so, I would like to respond to Kestas and Mike.  The way
> I look at it, players bloom on other teams because they
> are good players and in good situations.  If they're not
> blooming, you are doing something wrong.  Acquiring young
> talent is the single most important thing in building a team.
> Only rarely does any squad pick up a veteran all-star, if you
> will excuse the term, as a free agent.  Every great player in
> Celtics history was drafted by the team, and many didn't
> blossom right away.  (And remember, nearly all of them were
> four-year seniors.)  You don't trade away young talent; you just
> don't do it.  If you are absolutely forced to, then you get young
> talent back.  It's really as simple as that.  The Celtics just lost
> one of the three most talented players on the team, before he
> even had a chance to get his head together.  Was he going to
> keep shooting four shots a game for the rest of his life?  Vescey
> wrote that it was a good trade because "Johnson had hit the rookie
> wall."  I could hardly believe my eyes when I read that....
>
> bottom line:  Johnson is a major talent, and not just another jumping
> jack, either.  He was selfless, smart, and a five-tool player.  He has
> the potential to be great.  You don't trade that for short-term help.
Ever.
> You have to make it happen on your own team.  You just have to.
> I can't think of any other way to say it.
>
> OK, I'm done with this subject for ever. Or at least until the next Suns
> game.
>
> Josh
>
> p.s. I'm not like Ray, who loves to berate the Celtics.  This absolutely
kills
> me.