Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #66

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

Why do you think JJ would have panned out? Is it just a guess?? Many rookies
have ups and downs. I personally don't believe in starting rookies..however
it would have been worth a shot because I'm not a KA fan.

Dan
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Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #66


> > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 12:33:44 -0500
> > From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> > Subject: Josh Is Like A Jilted Suitor
> >
> > He's been spurned by Chris Wallace and the trade of Joe Johnson,
> > and now he's striking back. Damn good cat fight, if I don't say so
> > myself....
> > LOL
> > Ray
> >
>
>
> Bleh..
> He isn't the only one who is upset. Many people could see that J.J. oozed
> talent all along. Lets be clear on this:
>
> Wallace is at fault for letting that guy O"Brien coach. His offense is
> dreadful and you don't get a chance to do anything in it if your a player
> like J.J.
>
> Wallace and his drafting abilities will likely prove to be right on the
> money. I look for J.J. to be a star in this league.  K. Brown can play
> too..but he may be a more of  Stacey Augmon type player. Either way an
> athlete and defense presence like K.Brown should stick in the lineup.
>
> I don't care if J.J. made a few bad decisions running a break. He was a
> better
> point guard then anyone on the team. I like Kenny, but he doesn't finish
> well.  J.J. had the size to do that.
>
> A good lineup would have been J.J. K. Brown Pierce Walker Battie.
Athletic
> lean tall... But coach OB he plays Strickland who can't bloody dribble at
> all. And now we have Delk and Kenny in the same backcourt?!  Eric Williams
> and Strickland getting
> time over JJ??
>
> Frankly I can't believe people would paint J.J. as a shrinking violet.
They
> are just blind. Its amazing how so called basketball experts like Bill
> Simmons have no idea
> what they are talking about. This will go down as one of the worst trades
> ever.
> Its already worse then Vitaly Potapenko. We should at least know what JJ
can
> do...
> <g> 8 teams didn't know about Andre Miller, and we never thought he would
> last till
> number eight so that trade is more excusable. This one is plain bad.
>
> Rodney is on the fat side too.
>
> Pete