Re: Newest NBA superstar!

["Orion" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

Logic like this is why the Celtics have not been in contention for anything
other than the lottery for over a decade. I am not sure how some of these
people get such jobs, or keep them with their poor draft selection and trade
performance, including Red Auerbach who from what I have heard pretty much
pushed for the Eric Williams and Joe Forte draft selections.  I guess it
would be blasphemous for someone to call Red on the fact he may have lost
touch with talent evaluation. The consumers should just be happy with a sub
par product. Did they really see enough of a 20 year old to pretty much give
away part of their future for a short-tem fix that will get us nowhere near
the upper echelon?

 How many people would be kept in their current positions making one poor
decision after another? Do they really think riding two players will take
them anywhere? Time for the consumers to let it be known they are not happy
with the product and make them feel it where it counts.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ravi Singh" <kelticsfan@attbi.com>
To: "'Celtic igtc list (E-mail)'" <celtics@igtc.com>; "'Celtic yahoo list
(E-mail)'" <celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: RE: Newest NBA superstar!


> 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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