[Celtics' Stuff HOOPSWORLD - Ravi

[bird <birdwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: CeltsSteve@aol.com
> [...]
> Apparently that 'take over the game' mentality didn't sit as well with his
> Team USA mates when, according to published reports from the Boston Globe,
> Pierce got into a tiff with point guard Andre Miller during the Argentina 
> game
> and later voiced some displeasure at not getting the ball when he was open
> during the final possessions of the game with Yugoslavia.  [...]
You know, it'd be a lot more convincing if these "Team USA mates" (who are 
so irritated at Pierce's ballhoggedlyness) could consist of more than just 
Andre Miller, himself the man who hogged the ball so well during the end 
of the losses.  It reminds me of Walker being the "most despised player in 
the NBA" based on Tim Hardaway's (iirc) dislike of him.  One guy and one 
conflict is enough for many sportswriters to latch on to and make it a 
feature of the whole story, but I haven't seen anyone but Miller 
complaining.  One man does not a groundswell make.  And most of it based 
on Peter May's stuff in the Globe?  Case in point.

Bird