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You have to look at what he did for the four full 
seasons he had here.  
When the guys biggest supporter admits that even he 
see's him purposely not passing the ball to the teams 
best scorer, you have a problem. 
When the team goes on a road trip and leaves their 
point guard behind, you have a problem.
When a guy gets yanked from a game and sits on the 
floor scowling at his own teammates, you have a problem.
When teammates get into verbal confrontations during a 
game that carries on to the team plane, you have a 
problem.
I admit that because of some things I've been told in 
confidence, I may have somewhat of a prejudice against 
Anderson.  But everything I mentioned here is common 
knowledge.
I'm also willing to admit that Anderson changed his 
attititude between the '01 and '02 seasons.  But lots 
of players who look down the road and see their game 
dropping off and their contract getting ready to expire 
get a sudden desire to "work at their game" that 
somehow seems to leave them once they feel secure 
again.  What in Anderson's past would make me believe 
this was not the case with him? 
What I'm not willing to do is to give the guy a free 
pass because he decided to finally get into shape and 
do what he was asked for one season after 3 years of 
doing neither.>>Tammo29


Tammo, I now realize why you piss me off so much.  You 
distort every dammned thing to suit your preference.

Remember this:

Kenny Anderson was the only true All-Star on this team 
for most every year he was here.  Twan doesn't count, 
because his All-Star year was a gift from M.L. Carr, 
whose undisputed job was to LOSE GAMES to get the 
Duncan pick.  Do you want to argue with this?  Last 
year, we had two All-Stars who completely dominated the 
FGAs and minutes, leading the ENTIRE league.  Look at 
the scoring discrepancies on any other team, including 
the Lakers.  We built the classic two-trick pony, and 
we didn't even REALLY start winning against good 
healthy teams until Rodney got here.  Those Stats were 
based on games where we actually lost to the BULLS.

Kenny came to this team with the idea of winning.  
Never had a coach with the credentials of Rick Pitino 
been forced to resign without a scandal, having 
absolutely alienated his entire team.  The Celts didn't 
just rebound when he left, they thrived.  And that was 
part of Kenny's return to serious basketball.

I've written more than once that, as JB wrote, Kenny 
played the PG role when he got here, and it was 
terrific.  The arrival of Pierce changed the offense to 
Three Men and a Jumpshot, and Kenny got sick of it, 
finally firing up his own.  He got legimately hurt with 
the leg and jaw injuries and I'll agree, he got tired 
of the team's charades.  But as a point guard, this 
team gave him nothing to do but play defense.  His 
skills were completely misused by RP and Obie in 
allowing AW and PP to run the offense.  Doesn't make 
the team wrong, but talk about a waste of talent.

Yeah, I wrote that PP wouldn't give the ball to 
Pierce.  Why should he?  Paul NEVER moved without the 
ball, but you've said that that was his job, to stand 
still during a basketball game.  Great hoop insight, 
there, Tammo.  Besides, it'll get there eventually, as 
Paul wasn't shot limited except by the 48 minute 
clock.  Thank the Lord for overtime.

Yeah, Kenny wasn't a quiet professional.  He fought to 
get guys playing and moving.  Got his jaw busted 
playing the game close and physically.  He complained 
that he tailored his game for the captains, as his 
role.  I don't take that to mean that he shot less, he 
gave up control of the flow.  That's hard to do when 
you know you're the best at it.

Musty says it's wrong for the coach to defer to the 
egos of the captains.  I think it's wrong for the best 
ball handlers to let two guys drive everything from the 
perimeter.  

You go back and complain about Kenny's skirmishes.  I 
like the way he made his teammates better.  You like 
Paul's scoring.  Because of Pierce, Obie thinks we 
don't need a PG.  Most of these posters disagree.  
Let's see if we get past the Nets with Paul doing it 
all again.  

Paul's a great talent that embodies everything that 
more and more people can't stand about today's NBA.  
You think Kenny's that way?  Hardly.  But keep up the 
self-serving posts and locker room gossip.  It suits 
you.