Re: All-Star screwup or; Thanks for Nothing, Isiah

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

.............and you guys like All Star Games?????????????Watching those
red-orange uniforms run up and down was giving me vertigo.

DanF


----- Original Message -----
From: <snoopy1@pig.net>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:01 AM
Subject: All-Star screwup or; Thanks for Nothing, Isiah


> Isiah Thomas is living in a dream world, where he thinks he can take the
> Western Conference giants without outside shooting and fresh legs.  He
sits
> Pierce and Walker so far at the end of the bench they were probably
charged
> admission to the game, then blithely lets Jermaine O'Neal stay on the
court
> and make yet another stupid foul at the end of a close game.
>
> Oh, then he blamed the refs for his poor coaching and Jermaine's stupid
foul.
>
> How unbalanced was the coaching of the second-rate Thomas? Let's look at
> the stats for playing time in this double overtime game.  First, the
> starters - Allen Iverson played 41 minutes.  Tracy McGrady and Michael
> Jordan both went 36.  In fact, Jordan would have played more, but declined
> to re-enter the game late in the second OT.  Jermaine of the poor
defensive
> judgement went 33 minutes.  Ben Wallace, whose foot was injured during the
> game, played 24 minutes.
>
> Now to the reserves.  Vince Carter played 25 minutes.  Brad Miller went
> 17.  Jamal Mashburn went 14.  Ilgauskas, who already had a significant
> injury, played 4 minutes.
>
> Walker played 9 minutes.  Pierce played 18 only because Isiah HAD to play
> him in the 2nd OT.
>
> The rest of Walker and Pierce's time came in the second quarter.  Isiah
was
> determined to prove he could win it without any help from the
> Celtics.  When he finally gave in and sent Pierce in, it was too late to
do
> anything but have to be on the court for the loss.
>
> He played people like they were in the playoffs, not the All-Star Game.
>
> By contrast, every single player for the West got at least 13 minutes.
>
> At halftime, Pierce and Walker were the 2nd and 3rd highest scorers for
the
> East.  Pierce had 8 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals.  Walker
> had 6 points and 1 rebound, still playing in the brace.
>
> The Celtics will be hosting the Pacers in Boston on Feb 26.  I guarantee
> that Walker and Pierce will play more than a combined 13 points in 27
> minutes.
>
> Isiah has long detested Boston, and repeatedly taken opportunities to
stick
> his big foot in his even bigger mouth.  Now, he had a chance to stick it
to
> the Good Guys once again while cozying up to Jordan and coddling Jermaine.
>
> If there's any justice, then Indiana will take the kind of beating
recently
> administered to the Seattle Supersonics by the Celtics, and Walker will
> wiggle his way down court right under Isiah's nose.  It won't be
professional.
>
> But it WILL be satisfying.
>
> When are people going to realize that Isiah has no more business coaching
> in the NBA than Rick Pitino did?  He's repeatedly coached a talented team
> to a mediocre record, with the only saving grace at playoff time being the
> Minnesota Timberwolves.  He can still point at them while trying to
> distract everyone from how poor a coach he is.
>
> If the East had the benefit of an honest to God professional coach, the
> East could have won this game.  Instead, it handed it over to the West,
and
> gave Marv Alpo more ammo to take potshots at the Eastern Conference.
>
> Aargh.
>
> Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
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