Re: Just sit back, enjoy Celtics double feature

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

Bird owes Boston everything. He could make an appearance for the troops.
They paid him well for his services. He performed well. Bird is not what you
would call an ambassador for basketball. He's had this complex all his life
over something. And I don't remember mentioning Walker in the comparison
post. It's ridiculous to say Pierce will never measure up. Short sighted. In
my opinion no one may (or has) compared to Russell. I didn't believe it back
when, but now after the dust has settled, Magic was better than Bird.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: Just sit back, enjoy Celtics double feature


> He owes Boston what? All those seasons, the three championships, the three
> MVPs... that wasn't enough? He's made it very clear he'd like to buy the
> Celts and run the team, but Gaston won't sell (to Bird, anyway). Gaston
> doesn't like Bird. Bird doesn't like the spotlight. Why would he come to
> Boston?
>
> As for the Pierce/Walker comparisons with Bird/McHale. I'm amazed by how
> short some memories are. Look, Pierce and Walker are great. Fine. But
you're
> talking about the best small forward and arguably the best power forward
in
> the history of the game. It's not fair to Pierce or Walker to compare them
> to those guys. Can't we just measure them against the players they're
> competing against. They'll never measure up to the the Birds, McHales and
> Russells. No one will. That's not a knock on them, just reality. We can
> compare Pierce to McGrady and Kobe. We can compare Walker to Garnett and
> Webber. But none of those guys are going to make anyone's all-time NBA
> starting five. Bird would be a no-brainer on such a team, and a healthy
> McHale would get a lot of votes.
>
> Ryan's point about simply appreciating both players instead of using one
to
> denigrate the other is valid. We all know there are pro-Pierce and
> pro-Antoine camps among Celtic fans, and they generally spend just as much
> time pointing out the negatives in the other player as they do praising
> their favorite.
>
> Mark
>
>
> --- --- ---
>
> Dan wrote:
>
> It had to come sooner or later. Why not now while we can enjoy it. Pierce
> has all the moves, all the shots, the fakes, the large strides, hustle, on
> the floor alot etc. Position for position I'll take Bird (for now) but as
> far as team importance, it's a tie.
>
> By the way, why hasn't LB found his way to a game or two? And don't tell
me
> about the Gaston factor. He owes Boston.