Re: Banks pays dividends

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, Banks is like an F16 with one engine out at this point.....but look out
when all burners are lit.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Beauregard" <sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "celtics list" <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:23 AM
Subject: Banks pays dividends


> Banks pays dividends
> By Steve Bulpett/Celtics Notebook
> Thursday, October 30, 2003
>
> Rookie point guard Marcus Banks [news] looked very much like a rookie
point
> guard last night. Which is not to say Celtics coach Jim O'Brien was
> disappointed.
>
>      Banks came off the bench for four points and four assists in 20
minutes,
> but was off the mark with a 1-for-9 shooting performance.
>
>      ``I thought Marcus pressured the hell out of the basketball,''
O'Brien
> said. ``I like the fact that he had four assists, one turnover. I'm not
> concerned about anybody's shooting. I think it was a good solid first
night
> for a rookie point guard, and I think he's going to have a strong year. I
> don't worry about his shots. I think his shot selection was very good, and
if
> you take good shots they'll fall.''
>
>      Said Banks, ``My expectations for myself are incredible. I know what
I
> can do. It's going to come in a matter of time for me.''
>
>      Barros back on court
>
>      More than an hour before the game, Dana Barros was on the parquet
floor
> in sweat gear, taking shots with Paul Pierce [news] and doing some taping
for
> a segment on his new local cable TV show. Get used to seeing him around
more.
> The product of Boston College and Mattapan is getting back involved with
the
> Celtics, for whom he played five years in the late '90s.
>
>      After a year out of the game, Barros feels its time to hook up again
with
> the club he grew up following.
>
>      ``I've been talking with the team about how I'm going to be
involved,''
> Barros said. ``There's nothing definite yet. We're just getting things
worked
> out. I just want to make it official and be a part of the team for good. I
> want to help any way I can.''
>
>      Part of the work will be as an unofficial aid to the players.
>
>      ``I was working with Paul a little, and my man Banks came up and we
> talked,'' Barros said. ``I'm looking forward to doing little things like
that.
>
>      ``I'm a Boston guy, I love the Celtics and it's great being involved.
I
> get to hang out with Tommy Heinsohn and Bob Cousy. Hey, I'm grateful just
to
> be around those guys.''
>
>      Palladino likes mic
>
>      Opening night for new Celtic public address announcer Eddie Palladino
> wasn't any more nerve-wracking than waiting to learn he had the job.
>
>      ``I found out at 12:38 (Tuesday),'' said the East Boston native now
> living in Saugus. ``I'd been a nervous wreck since Friday. The phone rang
and
> it was (Celtic marketing vice president) John Brody. He said, `How would
you
> like to be the official voice of the Boston Celtics?' It was a dream come
> true.''
>
>      Palladino was enjoying the new position even before he got behind the
> microphone last night. Before he could get involved with his press room
meal,
> he was introduced to Red Sox PA man Carl Beane, who offered sage advice
from
> his first year at Fenway.
>
>      ``Welcome to the fraternity,'' said Beane, who presumably showed
> Palladino the secret handshake when the coast was clear. ``Be yourself. If
you
> can let your personality come through while letting the game dictate
things,
> then you'll have it.''
>
>      Palladino, whose local accent is very welcome, has had the dream
``since
> I was about 10 years old. I used to talk into a hairbrush in my room
watching
> games back in East Boston. I'd talk to the TV. My mother and my two
sisters
> used to think I was nuts. `What's he doing up there. He's watching the
game,
> but he's talking to the TV.' ''
>
>      ``For me it was an upright vacuum cleaner,'' Beane said. . . .
>
>      The passing this summer of press room attendant Bob ``Huzzah'' Howard
> left a noticeable void on opening night. He is missed by all he helped and
> befriended. . . .
>
>      The Celtics' new white sneakers weren't the only funny thing last
night.
> Don Gavin and Steve Sweeney, two of Boston's best-ever comedians, were in
the
> front row. . . .
>
>      The Celts hit the road quickly, with games tomorrow night in Memphis
and
> Saturday in New Orleans.
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
> sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx