RE: Ainge Meeting With Team

[Ellie Cutler <ellie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No kidding. When Ainge was a guest on that show recently,  Arnold asked 
questions like 'has it been a distraction having Jim O'Brien leave?'  The 
only one that has any NBA cred on that station is Ordway (and maybe some of 
the FNSE guys).

I'm excited about the future of the Celtics, and I haven't been since the 
O'Brien team calcified.  Give them a training camp, a healthy roster, a 
good coach, then see how Pierce reacts.  The Ainge trades have been all 
good in my book.  Atkins is an improvement over Mike James - he'll at least 
provide some seasoned direction from the point, plus he can shoot.

One curious thing is why Ainge was so willing to help out the Pistons. When 
the paperwork got messed up, he was quoted as saying something like 'It 
wasn't messed up on our end. I tried to help Detroit as much as 
possible.'  Does he want to ultimately get the best of Larry Bird or 
something?  Do you think those old relationships (Isaiah, Dumars,  and his 
Celtic brothers Bird & McHale) really come into play these days?

They must be tanking.  Why else would Carroll make such stupid substitution 
patterns and insist on a defense that can't be implemented.

 --Ellie


At 11:59 AM 2/23/2004 , Shawn Niles wrote:
> I heard it a different way. What I heard was that Ainge asked Carrol if he 
> minded if he met with the team. Carroll said he didn't mind and he would 
> be in after his press conference.
>
> And FWIW, when did Dale Arnold become an expert on the Celtics?