Re: It Wouldn't Surprise Me To See...

["Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@xxxxxxxxx>]

You got it, Shawn.  We know the Celts have faults, but let's consider that
if we only got Battie a few inside shots when all those double teams hit the
captains on the perimeter, he'd get to the line or score a whole lot.  Same
with Baker.

When Kenny was the third option, he rarely got 15 shots per game out of the
team's 80.  Does anybody think that the PGs will really add that much to the
scoring?  Hey, if they threaten, as Obie hopes, we've got two decent sized
guys down low now, and there's no reason that they can't score.

If Walker needs a blow, this is the way to get it.  I'm with you, Shawn.
Ray just hates the players, the coaches, the team. . . I'm probably the only
guy he likes. :).  BTW, the Wizards should be pretty competent.  Their
backcourt is a bit grown up and they can put 5 veterans on the floor and
keep the kids focused.  The Celts will still be behind New Orleans and the
Nets, but the Knicks, Raptors, Bucks and Heat will struggle, and the Pacers
will win more games than the Celts, in spite of Isaiah.  Wouldn't you figure
the top 8 to be NJ, NO, Indy, Boston, Detroit, Wash, Philly and Orlando?
The Hawks lost a lot with DerMarr going down.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@hotmail.com>
To: <wayray@ix.netcom.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: It Wouldn't Surprise Me To See...


> It never ceases to amaze me how you can twist everything so that it fits
> what you are saying, Ray. For instance, if the Celtics had Washingtons
> roster, here is what you would say:
>
> "Jordan is coming up on 40 years old and will most likely break down no
more
> than halfway into the season. Before then, he'll be ineffective because of
> his age. Stackhouse will not know how to deal with battling with Jordan
for
> top spot on the team. As a result, he will never get comfortable in his
role
> and will not play well. Larry Hughes will continue to underacheive, as he
> has for his whole career, never quite seeming to find his role. He is
> nothing more than a decent 6th or 7th man. Byron Russell is nearing the
end
> of his playing days as he is just another year older as well. You never
know
> what you'll get with the center core and you can't count on draft picks.
> Kwame Brown will again struggle As he normally would just be entering his
> sophmore year in college. Since he played very little last year, it's more
> like he is still a freshman."
>
> See Ray? Anyone can twist anything to look a certain way. You made
> Washington out to be a contender; I made them out to be a bottom dweller.
> The key is all in how you look at things. You somehow get your jollies out
> of twisting anything Celtic related to be negative, but anything for
another
> team is always positive.
>
>
> >From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> >To: celtics@igtc.com
> >Subject: It Wouldn't Surprise Me To See...
> >Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 10:41:55 -0400
> >
> >- That the Magical Bullets are better than advertised with a rejuvenated
> >Jordan, regular
> >season stud Stackhouse playing well for a new contract, Jordan mentoring
> >Larry
> >Hughes into a competent point guard, Byron Russell being Byron Russell,
> >and
> >toss in a couple of decent centers, draft picks, and a more with-it
> >Kwame Brown.
> >
> >- The fear and loathing emanating from Celtics fans, after the team
> >plays the Nets
> >and  Kidd disembowels the Boston PGs, Mutumbo neutralizes Baker,
> >Jefferson moving on up on Pierce, and Toine taking 30 shots and making 7
> >
> >in a 12 point loss.
> >
> >- Chris Wallace announce his engagement to Josh Ozersky and a move to
> >Hawaii.
> >Not that there's anything wrong with that.
> >
> >- A TV movie made about the life of Bison Dele, especially the end of,
> >which lends
> >itself to the Lifetime Channel.  Let's see, there was a fight on Dele's
> >yacht between Bison
> >and his brother, Dele's girlfriend intervenes, she's killed by the
> >half-brother, when
> >she's slammed to the deck (talk about hitting the deck!), Bison kills
> >the Captain
> >who wants to report the crime, and there's another fight between the two
> >brothers
> >with Bison being shot to death, and the weighted bodies of the dead
> >being tossed
> >overboard into sharky infested murky depths. Then the brother, out of
> >guilt and
> >remorse, insulin overdoses into the afterlife. You can't make stuff like
> >this up!
> >
> >- Paul Pierce injured. Add up the karmic dissonance from his Sgt.
> >Schultz performance
> >at his trial and the over-extension of the World Championships and poof
> >we have prime
> >injury potential.
> >
> >- Lots of bitching and moaning about the misuse of Kedrick Brown, if
> >O'Brien utilizes an
> >8-man rotation and Kedrick doesn't make the cut.  It will be a sore spot
> >indeedy
> >with Jefferson starting for the Nets, Johnson and Forte traded, and
> >Brown buried
> >on the bench.
> >
> >- The Celtics to make a trade for a PG. First things first, do you trust
> >Celtics management
> >to make the right decision concerning the draft picks? Do you trust Jim
> >O'Brien to develop
> >two rookies? Does management trust the coach to develop rookies? I think
> >the answers
> >are no, no, no. So away, away, away, a draft choice goes, likely in a
> >package deal for a
> >point.
> >
> >- Thge new owners regret not bringing in Larry Bird. Since they've put
> >up a small
> >amount of their own funds in the purchase price of the team, and need to
> >attract other
> >investors and garner bank loans, having Bird on board would have been a
> >financial slam dunk. Nothing attracts rich jock sniffing investors than
> >a living
> >sports legend.
> >Ray
>
>
>
>
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