re: Simmons on Ricky Davis

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Just that tiny little part where he's submarined Pierce by keeping him out 
every night - shades of Wick Wobey and Warry Bird.

Is there anyone better at doing 180's than Simmons?  He hated Davis in his previous
postings. 

Myself, I'm not saying Davis is the Antichrist like a previous canidlike Celtics,
and of course I thought it was a great trade, but I still would deal Davis in 
the off-season, as he has more value than Jiri, and Welch deserves a chance 
at full starters minutes.   And of course, Ainge needs to make a big off-season 
deal for aimpact type player. 

Ray

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> Here's what Bill Simmons posted about Ricky Davis over on the SOSH
> board. Other posts he has made have been reposted here. I hope he
> doesn't mind. If he does, he's welcome to have Jimmy Kimmel make fun of
> me on his television show.
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> Mark
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> On Ricky Davis: he gets a bad rap. Everyone likes him except for Blount,
> who leaks negative info to the Globe about him. Pierce loves him. All
> the employees like him and put him on the level of Antoine in terms of
> being a good guy. I'm not sure what happened in Cleveland and Charlotte
> but he's been great in Boston, except for the part where he's submarined
> PP's season by keeping him out every night.

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