All-Time Opponents...was Welcoming the Enemy - CORRECTION

["Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know we do this from time to time, but here are the players I have watched throughout the years who have made the biggest impression on me as opponents.  There are plenty of room for argument here, which Eggy will undoubtedly do :-), but who are some others you would pick?

G:  Jerry West
G:  Walt Frazier
SF: Michael Jordan
PF: Karl Malone
C:  Wilt Chamberlain

6th man: Andrew Friggin Toney

Reserves: Magic Johnson, Dominque Wilkins, Kareem, Hakeem, Julius Erving, Bobby Jones

Cecil  


-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Niles [mailto:shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: July 14, 2003 3:38 PM
To: callmebogie@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: celtics@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Welcoming the Enemy - CORRECTION


If my memory is correct, Jefferson is the one who said 2 seasons ago that he 
hoped to beat the C's in the Fleetcenter during the playoffs because he knew 
all the old time C's were in attendance. Blatant disrespect right there. You 
can have Jefferson. I'd never root for him.

Overall, I guess it might depend. I don't remember Dumars ever doing 
anything to disrespect the C's. He was always a great opponent. I didn't 
mean my comment in general for all opponents. I meant it only for this 
current version of the Nets. They are probably the most unlikeable group as 
a team that has been around in some time. Even the "red-headed-stepchild" 
Scalabrine gets on my nerves. I don't want anything to do with anyone 
(CORRECTION) any OF THEM, not anyone.


>From: Michael Gooen <callmebogie@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: Shawn Niles <shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: celtics@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: Welcoming the Enemy
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 07:40:57 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Shawn Niles <shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Maybe it's just because the Celtics are in my blood, but I hate NJ so
> > much
> > that I don't want any of their players on the C's. I can't stand any of
> > them. That would be like someone saying back in the 80's...  "Boy, it
> > sure
> > would be nice if we could get Rambis."
>
>Shawn, I can't dispute a matter of personal taste, but you really wouldn't
>take ANY of their players?  Let's leave out Kidd (disgust with
>wifebeating) and Kenyon Martin (disgust with punkishness).  You wouldn't
>want to see the Celts undo the mistake of the 2001 draft and trade Kedrick
>(or Delk) for Richard Jefferson if they could?
>
>Would you have turned up your nose if Michael Cooper had decided he wanted
>to play for the Celtics?  How about Mo Cheeks or Bobby Jones?  Joe Dumars?
>
>Not me.  Generally, if a player comes to the Cs then for me the enemy
>taint is cleansed.  I would only make an exception if the player had done
>something individually to merit hatred -- e.g., Laimbeer (for being a
>cowardly thug who tried to end the careers of Larry Bird and Dennis
>Johnson with cheap shots), Sprewell (for attempted murder), Ward (for
>being an antisemite).  I'd add John Rocker on the baseball side (for being
>a racist).  I wouldn't blame anyone for putting Kidd in that category for
>wifebeating, but then one has to take a hard look at Robert Parish (and
>possibly Larry Bird for the way he's treated his daughter).
>
>For me the interesting hypothetical would be if Riley were to become the
>coach of the Celtics.  On balance, I'd probably still hate him, since I
>blame him for taking Detroit's thuggery to new depths and ushering in a
>decade of unwatchable basketball.
>
>Michael Gooen
>
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