Re: Boykins

[lapdoggy <lapdoggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 11:35  AM, JB wrote:

My gang?" I guess you've got some anger piled up, I'm sorry for that.

Let's not over analyze this. It's really quite simple.


I certainly won't defend any poster, on any board, who used that type 
of language against you and I am quite sure I never have spoken that 
way myself.


Check the records. It wasn't you, but I think you know who it was. I'm 
not angry, I just don't like to be told I'm an asshole b/c I have a 
different viewpoint.


> I'm also sorry that you take any criticism of Pierce so personally.

Again, I don't take it personally. I have an opinion. That's what these 
forums are for, correct? (it's when people resort to name calling is 
what I would consider taking it personal)
My opinion differs from the ones that think that Pierce sucks as a 
player. I think he is a great player who has a whole lot of baggage to 
carry.  He sure is doing a better job of it than Tmac or Vince Carter. 
There's a couple of All Stars for ya.
Again, and I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but Pierce was left 
holding the bag when Twan was traded. It was up to him to lead this 
group of guys. To make fun of the guy b/c he reading books on "how to 
be a leader" is cheap. How old is Pierce? 25 or 26 maybe? I'm sure the 
guys poking fun of him did a lot worse than that when they were his age.
Pierce surely didn't go to Danny and request Twan be traded. ( though 
it is now widely known that twan did go to Cuban and beg for a trade to 
Dallas) So Twan gets traded and Pierce has a whole new team to start 
over with. Sure there's been some poor play and tough losses, but why 
crucify this guy given that situation? Actually if half the people who 
continually bash Pierce would look at what this team has accomplished 
they might be surprised. They are not getting blown out by anyone. They 
are in fact showing flashes of great team ball which has lead to some 
huge leads. So is it Pierce's fault that the team lets other teams back 
into games? I personally don't think so. I give the coach more credit 
for not knowing how to coach with a lead. Maybe Twan would still be 
around if he'd kept his fat mouth shut during preseason. It was obvious 
he had to go after letting Danny know through the press that nothing 
was going to change as long as Twan was in town. He's is so lucky he 
ended up in Dallas and not in Clipperland.