RE: Ricky Fan

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Agree. I think he is innocent of his past history until proven guilty of
Head case for Ricky seems like he really wants to be an active part of the
Celtics.
I was at the game last night and at one point I looked up at the score and
saw Davis -12pts, Pierce 4pts. WOW!  Ricky was our only offensive until
Pierce finally came alive.
As for the controversial dunk, it was awesome in person. I thought if I was
watching it on TV I would probably be complaining about his showboating and
Heinhson, who is to old school, would probably be moaning.
But, in person the perspective is totally different:
The Lakers thought there was a foul and both Celtics and Lakers seemed to be
waiting for a whistle which never came. To Ricky's credit, he looked around,
heard no whistle, and ran up court with the ball. As he did he looked back,
saw everyone was still at the other end of the court trying to figure out
what just happened and so he went for the dunk. He missed it but not a
single Lakers player bothered to even walk towards his end of the court, so
when Ricky saw he was still all alone he went for the dunk again.  The Fleet
center exploded in positive support of Ricky's dunk. 
Several Fan held signs that said "See Ricky fly!" 
And, the chant whenever the Celtics is screwed up an opportunity is "Aigne."
Tommy doesn't tell you that on TV.
PS:  There were far too many Lakers fans in the fleet center for my liking.
Yellow shirts were everywhere.  As much as I really wanted to see the
Lakers, I was still rooting for the Celtics.
-steve


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Kim
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:14 AM
To: Celtics list
Subject: Re: Ricky Fan

Damn, I HATE when someone says what I think better than I do <g>
-Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: R Howe <regmanw6@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mar 11, 2004 9:59 AM
To: Celtics list <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Ricky Fan

I know Ricky Davis is taking a beating for his Dunk episode from last nite
but count this old grizzled Celts fan as squarely in Ricky's corner. I did
not know too much of him before coming here except from reports, which among
other things, had him as a clubhouse and team cancer. Yes he is a showman
for sure, but since he has joined the celts he has been an ultimate team
guy, hustling, taking whatever role he is given without complaints or
sulking, during losing, winning, changes in coaches, team loyalties and
playing philosophies. He is there to help up teammates when knocked down and
last but not least is he is a very good talent and fun to watch.
 
I cannot condone the extreme dunk attempt in a game yet to be decided, that
does not lift your team and home crowd while demoralizing the other team,
which his attempt did not do or would have done had he been successfully.
And that is the only ground that I will take issue with Davis's attempt. But
a little coaching on the psychological use of a dunk should help him along,
he seems coach-able to me.
 
The difference I see in Davis vs lets say Payton or Walker is they seem to
want to show up other players and team whereas davis seems to showboat just
for the pure fun of it and because he can do extreme athletic things at
will. I love his exuberance that does not seem to have a sinister intent.
Yes it needs to be reigned in a little, but I do not get the hatred of him
to this point based on his stay with us so far.
 
Go Celts, Go Ricky
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