Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Vecsey: Celtics Choke And Jimbo Showing Ainge Up

[Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx]

Just amazing comments by Vescey. It is interesting how the NBA insiders and 
national media are picking up on Obie's ineptness....

DJessen33

> Oddly, when Frankie Johnson went small, Jim O'Brien extracted a 
> pullout from Don Chaney's coaching handbook (handcuff Dikembe Mutombo 
> to his seat for the fourth quarter whenever the opposition plays five 
> Lilliputians) and followed suit. In other words, the ending was so 
> unhappy for New York twice against Milwaukee that O'Brien couldn't 
> resist taking a bite out of the same tempting apple by benching 6-11 
> Raef LaFrentz for all but eight minutes. 
> 
> You remember LaFrentz, the principal slice in the swap with Dallas 
> for Antoine Walker, one of the NBA's most versatile and prodigious 
> performers? Danny Ainge's bright idea, with a significant assist from 
> the VP's treasured head doctor! The guy Easy Mark Cuban grotesquely 
> overpaid prior to last season ($69,973,750 over seven), a $61M tab 
> picked up by the cost-conscious Celtics! 
> 
> Who knows, if you somehow, some way excuse the result, maybe 
> O'Brien's decision to freeze LaFrentz was indeed the correct 
> countermove to Johnson's swarming defense. Or maybe O'Brien was 
> simply trying to save Jerry Colangelo from eating Wednesday's words 
> of support regarding Johnson's job. 
> 
> One way or the other, Ainge can't help but feel embarrassed! Can't 
> help but get the impression his coach might be trying to show him up! 
> Can't help but feel like Ernie Grunfeld did when Jeff Van Gundy 
> initially neglected Marcus Camby (interestingly, the Rockets have 
> made numerous overtures for Cotton Camby since Van Gundy's arrival in 
> Houston), an artful protest against the trading of Charles Oakley! 
> 
> OK, say LaFrentz is conspicuously ill-equipped to start for the 7-12 
> Celtics. At the same time, you'd think O'Brien, in order to spare 
> Ainge a measure of public (and N.Y. Post) ridicule, could unearth 
> some supplementary Sunlight for him to bathe.