Re: top five opponents

[Cecil <cecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Walt Frazier was incredible.  And I saw him play against us much more
regularly than Magic.  I'll give you Barkley though.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Ozersky <jozersky1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: celtics list <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: top five opponents


> I'm younger, so my list is obviously
> skewed, but how can you say walt
> frazier had a bigger impact than Magic?
>
> Anyway, here's the five players, by position,
> who had the most impact on the Celtics and
> myself in my lifetime:
>
> 5:  Kareem Abdul Jabbar (bet. his Milwaukee and
> L.A. teams, he bedeviled the Celtics in the finals
> in two different eras.) honorable mention:  Moses Malone, Patrick Ewing.
>
> 4:  Charles Barkely (a much better player than
> Malone, and a wrecker in our frequent bitter battles
> with the 76ers.  How often did the Celts ever play the jazz?) Honorable
> mention:  Terry Cummings
> 3:  Bernard King.  (Technically, he may have been a 4, but
> his unstoppable game, which rivalled Michael Jordan's, was
> all about shooting and quickness, especially his lethal turnaround
jumper.)
> honorable mention:  Dominique Wilkins
> 2:  Andrew Toney (Michael only became great when the Celts
> were in eclipse.  Toney destroyed us when we were at our
> best.) honorable mention:  Sidney Moncrief.
> 1:  Magic Johnson.  (What can you say?) honorable mention:  Jason Kidd,
Isiah
> Thomas