Re: Sons of Gene

[Kestas <Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:04 AM 3/4/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Raymond Angelo Belliotti"
>> (3) How many, if any, of us thought we would we regarding
>> Chucky Atkins as a key (the key?) to Celtic success?
>
>Myself and a few other thought Atkins would be key to the Celtics success.
>Maybe he's the perfect fit. A guy that comes without a superior resume that
>blends in with the same but has a clue as to how to ignite them. Maybe we
>bring in a star point and all he does is try to impress us with himself to
>much. Atkins blends in and just gets the job done and adds in a few highlite
>plays a game. Atkins=exactly what the doctor ordered.

Among all this gushing about Chucky (who's a nice addition, no doubt) lost
is the fact that he was getting killed by Milt Palacio in Toronto, and then
by Ty Lue before the bottom fell out for Orlando. I can see why Kenny had a
career series against him a few years back. If we could only merge Chucky's
offensive capabilities with Banks's defensive ability (and Jiri's height),
we'd have ourselves a very nice point guard... Yes, he's a huge improvement
over a prototypical Obie PG in being able to run a team, but anyone who
thinks we're set at point guard needs to recalibrate his player assessment
gauge. Years of Obie-style "point guards" have skewed its readings.
Kestas