Re: Ainge + Twan and the Knicks.

[Cecil <cecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With all due respect, what is your real issue with Danny not telling the
public, via the media, the truth?  His role is not to keep the public
informed.  It is to find the right players to turn this team into a
contender, right?  The need to know confidential information is yours.

I fear this will be a recurring theme for Danny's tenure.  I mean, do you
want him to tell you that Battie has the sniffles?  Or do you expect him to
tell you that he is looking at making a trade for Latrell Sprewell?  He
ain't gonna do it.  Accept it.
And he told us so when he took the job.  He said he wasn't going to disclose
everything because that would not be in the best interest of the club.

We needed a PG.  He went out and got the guy that they felt had the best
chance of coming aboard and handling the position right away.  He went out
and got 2 big bodies to help out upfront.  Weren't they the two areas that
most of us felt needed improvement?

I cannot understand what the problem is.

Cecil


----- Original Message -----
From: <Eggcentric@xxxxxxx>
To: <GuyClinch@xxxxxxx>; <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Ainge + Twan and the Knicks.


> > ''I like him. I think that Kedrick has some definite skills and talents.
I
> > think he's great defensively. I think he has the ability to be a real
force
> > as a post-up player and the two positions - especially since we have
> > great shooters in Pierce and Walker.''  - Ainge
>
> << This is a lie? He said the same thing when he was a commentator. <g>
> K. Brown does have skills.. Good defender, decent feel for the game, some
> pretty nice in close to the hoop moves, and he can take people off the
> dribble. Unfortunately guy has NO outside shot. That's killing him right
> now, and could drum him out of the league. >> -Pete
>
> Do you really think Danny believes that Toine is a great shooter?  As for
> Brown, if Danny is so taken with him, how come he is rumored to be in
> the act of trading him along with Walker in a package for ... ?
>
> << He said he wanted a point and post prescence..and thats what he got.
> He even leaked that he wanted Banks. If anything I would hope that DA
> would be less honest. >> - Pete
>
> I don't recall him ''leaking'' that he wanted Banks (except to Jerry West)
> and  thought that he actually denied it.  Had he pulled off the trades he
> was seeking, Banks and Perkins would not be with us now.
>
> > And how about -
> > '' Obie and I are on the same page'' (while Ainge keeps dissing and
> > undermining Obie at every opportunity).
>
> << Yeah...thats a real diss resigning the guy. <g> >> - Pete
>
> Well that's the big contradiction, Pete.  Have you been following Ainge's
> statements since he extended Obie's contract? If I was Obie I would not
> be very happy about a new boss coming in and publicly pronouncing that
> he was going to change my entire offense, claiming I relied too much
> on the three and too much on two players, saying he felt I hadn't properly
> developed our young rookies, pointing out my compulsion to win a few
> extra games each season going with veterans at the expense of the future,
> questioning whether I would be patient with the 2003 draftees, and
> pointing out his displeasure with the conditioning of my players. And how
> about Ainge instructing each of the players as to what HE expected of
> them next season, and taking the time to hands-on teach Kedrick how to
> play Bball (although that may have been more to do with personally
> assessing Kedrick prior to a trade).
>
> How could any proud coach not consider these as insults? Obie must
> be wondering if he was merely extended as window dressing to appease
> his players now that Ainge is, for all practical purposes, our head
> coach as well as our GM.
>
> > No one expected him to give away all his secrets, especially concerning
> > the draft, but geez, he didn't have to out-and-out lie when questioned
on
> > just about every subject.
>
> << That's a huge exaggeration. If DA said something like I am looking to
> draft a foreign wing..and doesn't.. That doesn't mean he wasn't LOOKING
> to draft the guy. Hardly an out and out lie.  Lighten up. It's basketball.
> It's seems you FEEL he is dishonest..but have little to back it up.
> If for example Scott Layden calls Ainge..that doesn't mean Ainge was
> actively trying to trade the Toine.. >>  - Pete
>
> I had hoped the few examples I previously gave of Danny's contradictory
> acts and statements would have sufficed.  His deception has spread far
> beyond the expected chess game referred to as the draft. It is, after all,
> possible to sidestep specific questions without having to tell outright
> lies.  Do you really think bundle of energy Ainge is sitting passively by
> his phone waiting for others to call with suggested trade proposals for
> Walker, Brown, Williams, etc.?
>
> Unpopular as the opinion might be, yes, I do feel that Ainge has been
> deceitful in his handling of Obie, Walker, Baker, Brown, the media, and
> therefore, the fans.  He appears to be on the right track concerning our
> team's needs; it is how he is handling it that bothers me. I only hope he
> isn't spitting into wells he has to drink from.
>
> Egg