Re: Feeling Optomistic.

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you believe a guy 5 for 20 something gets the last shot? Maybe we'll
find out a lot about OB this season. This could turn out to be the Pierce
Delk show.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: "Celtics List" <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: Feeling Optomistic.


> Listening to Obie's press conference, he said that he diagrammed the final
> play for Toine to take the shot.  Perhaps your fathead comment is
> misdirected.  Remember when Obie took over and said that he wanted Toine
to
> take advantage of the three point shot?  Some of us didn't believe it to
be
> true.  What do you think now?  Blame the man who is encouraging him to
shoot
> it.  Antoine is being asked to do more than anyone else his size in this
> league.  Shoot it, rebound it, pile up the assists, play tough D.
>
> Massacre him when he doesn't play well in game one, but you will hear it
> from me when he plays well.
>
> Cecil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JB <jimmetz@mac.com>
> To: Celtics List <Celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Feeling Optomistic.
>
>
> > On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 02:21  PM, bird wrote:
> >
> > > Everytime I think Pierce is better than Walker, Antoine comes roaring
> > > out with a stretch of games that makes me think otherwise.  Oh, well,
> > > the fun is in seeing... .
> > >
> > > Bird
> > > ******************
> > So much for the maturation process. When your "point guard' shoots
> > 5-23, with 4 assists, you are in big trouble. We'll see how this plays
> > out, but if Walker wants to continue to control the offense and expects
> > to take 20-25 shots a game, this team will suck and Vin Baker will
> > never be anything more than the 56 million dollar "rotation player," as
> > the team sinks to "lotteryville."
> > Can you handle five years of this, because we are in a salary box, to
> > make one cry?
> > Tony Delk is the real thing. Why didn't they get him a shot in the
> > last 1:30, while Antoine bricked both of his? Can you imagine this team
> > with Rogers, Strickland and Kenny Anderson, losing this game?
> > Walker did rebound better, but he is a fat head, who wants the ball in
> > his hands and may kill the team doing so, if he doesn't think pass
> > first. 5-23 indeed!
> > JB