Re: Philly pick

[Marc Pierce <karhu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On a related note, Walton said something about 6 players from those 70s
Celtics teams who did something, got interrupted, and never finished the
sentence.  I assume he meant 6 players who wound up as NBA coaches, but I
could only think of 5: Cowens, Silas, Westphal, Nelson, and Chaney.  Who's
the 6th?

Marc Pierce

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On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Michael Gooen wrote:

> Pete wrote:
>
> <<If Philly falls into the lottery can we get LeBron?!  Thats my dream...
> Mosio = LeBron. Then Wallace would go down as the greatest GM in
> history.>>
>
> Hate to burst your bubble, Pete, but the pick is lottery protected.  The
> hope is that Philly gets the 8th spot, which likely would be the 14th
> pick.  God only knows what the brain trust will do with that.
>
> Maybe the cold medicine I was on made me hallucinate, but is Bill Walton
> completely insane?  One second Walton's slamming Baker for being a waste
> of space, then after Baker competently performs two stepouts near the
> three point line and grabs two rebounds Walton yells "Vin Baker is
> EVERYWHERE!" as if he's never seen such inspired play.  And maybe it's the
> UCLA thing, but Walton kept talking up Moiso as if he were ready to make
> what Bill Simmons would call The Leap.  Maybe those Elvis glasses
> befuddled him.
>
> All in all, a nice win.  Hard to get too excited since the Hornets were
> missing their best player, but they've killed the Cs in the past and it's
> always good to see the Cs get it done with defense.  If they can win even
> 1 in Texas I'll be thrilled.
>
> Michael Gooen
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