Re: Isiah Thomas fired

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indy looks scary with Carlisle? He can plot and draw all he wants, but does
he have the horses??

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh O." <igtcjosh@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: Isiah Thomas fired


> Great to see you back, Mark.  But as tommy heinsohn
> would say, "give me a break!"  Indy does look scary
> with Carlisle (or somebody) coming in for Isiah.  But
> I'm supposed to cede supremacy to Orlando because they
> signed Juwan Howard?  Are you kidding?  Nor am I
> convinced that the addition of stringbean rookie
> Donnie Darko is going to make Detroit world beaters.
> Mourning is one step away from the dialysis ward.
> Meanwhile, the Celtics stand to add what amounts to
> three young studs, the best pure point guard in the
> draft (Banks already looks significantly better than
> TJ Ford), and a reined-in, lighter Antoine Walker --
> to say nothing of whatever we get out of Vin Baker,
> which could be anything from zero to 10 and 5 off the
> bench.  I'm not trying to be dr. pangloss here, but
> let's leave the more-pessimistic-than-thou stuff to
> Ray.
>
> Josh
>
> --- "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I guess we know where Rick Carlisle will end up.
> > It's time to take the
> > Pacers seriously. All that talent, Bird and Walsh
> > running the show and now,
> > assuming Carlisle is the guy (heck... anyone is an
> > improvement; is Sidney
> > Lowe available?), the Pacers should become the third
> > power team in the
> > conference over the next couple of years (along with
> > the Nets and Pistons).
> >
> > Some on the list wonder why others aren't more
> > optimistic about the Celtics'
> > offseason. Here's why: The Nets added Mourning, the
> > Pistons added Darko, the
> > Magic added Howard, the Pacers dumped Isiah... Those
> > four teams finished
> > ahead of the Celts last season and made more
> > significant positive changes
> > than the Celts. They increased the gap between us
> > and them. Meanwhile, teams
> > like Chicago are closing the gap from behind.
> >
> > I like the draft and I like Ainge's direction for
> > the team. But with the
> > same coach and basically the same players, things
> > aren't going to change
> > that much this season. I think we're in for some
> > more ugly basketball and
> > some significant roster/coaching changes before
> > things really start to get
> > better.
> >
> > Mark
>
>
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