RE: Larry Brown is Officially Team USA Coach

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now I'm REALLY sorry I didn't pay enough attention to it. 
Did Antoine bend down and stare directly at Larry Brown, 
as the post indicates, or was it directed at the entire 
Philly bench? Does Walker have something against Brown or 
opposition coaches in general? 

I would imagine a lot of NBA players would see that stuff 
as part of the game, something they've seen (humorously 
or menacingly done) countless times growing up. But if 
Walker was singling out and staring down Larry Brown, 
well of course he shouldn't expect the coach to "get it". 
It does sound very rude and disrespectful to me too. A

And Antoine, never once, in all the times he's had a 
microphone or notepad stuck in his face, has he come 
across as either of those things (rude or disrespectful). 

I still see Walker this year talking too long with the 
refs, although the menacing stare from his first two 
seasons is at least long gone, thankfully. Its obvious 
he's trying to explain something to the refs ("watch out 
for this or that") because they generally don't seem 
particularly mad or dismissive. But it still is the type 
of behavior that, rationally thinking, would seem 
completely counterproductive. 

Joe H.






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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : 
> Cc      : celtics@igtc.com
> Date    : Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:52:47 -0500
> Subject : RE: Larry Brown is Officially Team USA Coach
> 
> And Iverson has never been known to go over the edge in 
his celebrations?
> And what about Mutombo with his finger wagging?  All 
these guys go too far,
> so why not Toine right after winning their first 
playoff series in his
> career?  It's not like he pulled a Warren Sapp.
> 
> Cecil  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hironaka@nomade.fr [mailto:hironaka@nomade.fr]
> Sent: November 27, 2002 1:40 PM
> To: berrym@BATTELLE.ORG
> Cc: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Larry Brown is Officially Team USA Coach
> 
> 
> > ---------- Initial message -----------
> 
> "What Walker did to Brown-standing about three feet 
from 
> him, bending over and staring obnoxiously into his face-
> was wrong. That wasn't celebrating, that was taunting 
and 
> rubbing it in. It was a lousy thing to do and anyone 
with 
> any sense of sportsmanship could see it."
> 
> I didn't see all that (I was too busy celebrating I 
> guess). I just read Larry Brown's account of it, which 
> wasn't as graphic as this version. But I take your word 
> and fully agree this was "unsportsmanlike".
> 
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