Re: [Celtics' Stuff Poor coaching again by Obie loses game

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

I recently read an interesting idea that had the C's making a run at Duncan
and selling him on a frontcourt of Walker, Pierce and him being a dominant
one harkening back to the days of the balleyhooed big three.  Also,
rekindling the old C's - Lakers rivalry for the glory.

Thoughts?

Cecil



----- Original Message -----
From: <CeltsSteve@AOL.com>
To: <Celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>; <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff Poor coaching again by Obie loses game


> In a message dated 3/23/02 8:38:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> kelticsfan@attbi.com writes:
>
>
> > I understand the need to make the playoffs and the fact that there is a
> > dearth of talent on the roster but are things going to change if and
when
> > more talent arrives?  Will it be so easy to alter the "system" two
yeasrs
> > hence if the Celtics obtain another stud? I am concerned that it won't.
> >
>
>
> Ravi,
>
> We'll never know the answer to that question until the day ('when more
> talent') actually does arrive. It's not like he currently has a dominating
> inside/post player that he could go to but steadfastly refuses to utilize
in
> favor of emphasizing the 3-ball. Once the team gets that dominating inside
> presence then I think you'll see this team zoom to next level because it
can
> establish, and more importantly, empahsize an inside-out offense with the
> 3-ball complimenting the inside game.
>
> Like it or not, O'Brien is paid to win and with the the roster he
currently
> has, spreading the floor gives him the best chance to do just that. It may
> not be pretty and the 'purists' might not like it but the C's are winning
> again and quiet as it's kept, the team has already exceeded the
expectations
> of most posters on this list. Why do you think that is? Is it because the
> majority of posters underjudged the actual talent on the team or is it
> because they were right about the talent level and the coach has been able
to
> coax more W's out of what he has to work with? You can't have it both
ways.
>
> CeltsSteve