Re: Thought

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's exactly what I'd like to do to Sundog. Unlease him and send him
packing.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kestas" <kkv@dartmouth.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: Thought


> At 08:57 PM 11/15/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >I didn't get to see much of the game, but it seems to
> >me Dallas might have been a good team against which to
> >unlease Sundov. He might have drawn out Bradley and
> >reduced his shot-blocking; Vin sure doesn't seem like
> >a good match against Bradley. And hey, wouldn't it
> >have been fun to see two seven-foot Euros out there
> >flinging up treys?
>
> Sundov has sucked of late, which means he can't even hit his jumpers (and
> we know he won't rebound or play D).
>
> >And it wouldn't have mattered that Bruno can't play
> >defense, because when you allow Sean Bradley to score
> >10 points, you know your interior defense SUCKS.
>
> Well, Bradley made a few jumpers, err, shots from 15 feet, cause he
doesn't
> really jump. He also had clear dunks off a couple of penetrations by Nash.
> It's not like he's a complete stiff. He just hasn't lived up to the lofty
> expectations.
>
> Anyway, the reason we lost the game was because 1) Pierce sucked; and 2)
> Nowitzki is just insane. Say what you will about Pitino, but he knew who
> was the better player. I know, it's unfair to compare Pierce and Nowitzki
> on an off night for Paul and a great night for Dirk. But I just don't know
> who can stop Nowitzki, while Pierce seems to have been figured out by the
> better  defenses/coaches. I haven't seen him in such a funk since his
> rookie "underwater" days. What killed me about him, was that after his
> teammates had brought the Celtics from 16 down to 70-76, he stops on the
> fastbreak and lauches a 3 with a hand in his face. Clank. He was something
> like 4-19 at that moment, and Shammond and Delk, who had just knocked down
> a bunch of threes, were wide open. That was a killer. The next thing you
> know, Dirk and Co. nonchallantly drain a bunch of off-balance jumpers, and
> the Mavs are up 13 again.
>
> The ex-FBI undercover agent Delaney was trying show everyone what a tough
> guy he is by teeing up Toine and Vinnie in quick succession. You'd think a
> guy like that wouldn't have a need for such histrionics. You'd be wrong.
> Then there was the ridiculous flagrant foul call on Williams. That
> destroyed any momentum we might have had up to that point.
>
> The positives? Antoine was great, the PGs scored a bunch again (allthough
> Delk was struggling early), and Baker showed some hustle on defense (3
> blocks!) and the boards. But you can't beat a team like the Mavs with
> Pierce stinking up the joint. How much do you want to bet that Pierce will
> be forcing it again tomorrow night, trying to show up George Karl? I can
> only hope that Paul rediscovers his touch, and that Karl coaches as well
as
> he did at the Worlds.
>
>
> Kestas