Re: Is it going to be Doc Rivers?????

["Jaims" <jaimscastillo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The only downside I see in him is that he tends to be too much of a "players
coach" that sometimes players abuse the authority given to them.  Other than
that, he's a good candidate for the Celts head coaching job as much as Paul
Westphal.  They have very similar approach as to being a "players coach"...


Jaims
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Josh Ozersky
  To: Celtics@xxxxxxxx
  Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:58 PM
  Subject: Re: Is it going to be Doc Rivers?????


  I like Rivers a lot as a coach.  His Magic teams were beautiful
  to watch when they were going good.  He knows the uptempo
  game, the players respect him.  What's his downside?

  Josh

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: <CeltsSteve@xxxxxxx>
  To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>; <Celticsstuffgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:44 AM
  Subject: Is it going to be Doc Rivers?????


  > the Orlando Sentinel is speculating there is interest on the part of the
  C's in today's edition . . .
  >
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  >
  >
  >
  >
  > Williams could be back in familiar spot
  >
  > Pat Williams knows a thing or 2 about NBA lotteries, having won 3.
  > Published April 5, 2004
  >
  >
  > Finally, the Orlando Magic might be striking fear into the rest of the
  league.
  >
  > They likely will call on Pat Williams and all his mystical powers to win
  the NBA draft lottery.
  >
  > Who else would you chose but Pat to represent the Magic in hopes of
  changing their luck?
  >
  > Williams, a senior vice president, says that Magic GM John Weisbrod has
  approached him about presiding over the club's most significant lottery
  moment in 11 years.
  >
  > Other teams surely don't want to see the affable, long-time league exec
on
  May 26 in Secaucus, N.J., site of the annual televised event.
  >
  > Pat has won three lotteries -- two of them for Orlando.
  >
  > Williams was on hand as general manager when the Magic won the 1992
  lottery (Shaquille O'Neal) and the 1993 lottery (Chris Webber, later dealt
  for Penny Hardway).
  >
  > What made '93 so special (and galling to the league) was that the Magic --
  who had just missed the playoffs with a 41-41 record -- had only a 1-in-66
  chance to win.
  >
  > "[Commissioner] David Stern couldn't wait to embrace me after we won it
  and got Shaq," Williams said. "But then next year, he did not want to see
my
  face. And you knew that new legislation was going to get passed before the
  end of the day."
  >
  > Because of the Magic's improbable victory, the league tweaked the rules
to
  help the worst teams.
  >
  > As GM of the Philadelphia 76ers, Williams presided over the Sixers'
  lottery win in 1986. They beat out the Celtics and curmudgeon Red Auerbach
  to pick.
  >
  > "Red kept blowing cigar smoke at me," Williams said. "The air was so
  polluted, I chipped a tooth."
  >
  > The Magic are on track to finish with the worst record, thereby having
the
  best chance (25 per cent) to win the lottery.
  >
  > Williams doesn't know what sort of good-luck charms he'll be taking with
  him this time. "I've taken Lucky Charms cereal, horseshoes, sacks of
  ping-pong balls, family heirlooms [from fans] and rabbit's feet," he said.
  "The thing about rabbit's feet is that they're lucky for everybody but the
  rabbit."
  >
  > Pot of shots
  >
  > Post-It to the Sacramento Kings: That loud construction work you hear
  outside your door is the Lakers building a championship run. . . .
  >
  > One of Allen Iverson's favorite tricks to ward off reporters is to hold
  his cell phone to his ear and pretend he's engaged in a conversation. He
was
  busted recently when it rang while he was "talking." . . .
  >
  > Rumor mill: The Boston Celtics will see if Doc Rivers is interested in
  coaching them. Rumor mill II: Don't rule out Doc investigating the Golden
  State Warriors if a coaching vacancy opens. . . . Doc not only is playing
  co-ed flag football to stay in shape, but his in-laws recently gave him a
  kayak. We can only assume he's not up the Rivers without a paddle. (Sorry).
  >
  > First fooled
  >
  > On April Fool's Day, Magic rookie Zaza Pachulia's prankster teammates
  arranged to have his car moved from its original parking spot at practice.
  They also hid his gym bag.
  >
  > Told later he had been traded, Pachulia, who hails from the Republic of
  Georgia, laughed, "Is this one of those first of April jokes?"
  >
  > Talk the talk
  >
  > Miami Coach Stan Van Gundy, after the Heat's Caron Butler scored 30
points
  in a win over Chicago only hours after the birth of his first child: "The
  hard part for Caron is the team decided he had to have a baby every day." .
  . . Detroit Coach Larry Brown on San Antonio defensive ace Bruce Bowen:
  "He's a lot like Eddie Haskell of Leave it to Beaver, and we mean that as a
  compliment. He's a pest." Score that as our first "Beav" reference of the
  season.
  >
  > Magic mailbag
  >
  > Brian: Great column ("Minor League System Would Help Young Guys"). I've
  been talking about the same thing with friends for a couple of years since
  all the high school players have hit the NBA. I've never understood why the
  NBA allows the overall product to fall apart due to inexperience. . .
  Maybe David Stern or some other muckety-muck will be reading your article
  and a thought will be instilled.
  >
  > Mike Kerry Oconomowoc, Wis.
  >
  > T-Mac hangs it up early
  >
  > The Magic announced that Tracy McGrady's season effectively was over last
  Wednesday.
  >
  > The club had been saying that T-Mac was, ahem, "day-to-day" with a sore
  left knee. But McGrady told Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal that he was shutting
  it down when the Pacers were in town six days earlier.
  >
  > Apparently, folks with the Pacers knew it first after O'Neal broke the
  news to the crew that televises Indiana's games.
  >
  > Mike: As a matter of fact, Stern revealed last week that the NBA is
  planning an upgraded minor league system, although I doubt he took my
  advice. See, I had also asked Stern if a running clock could be used for
the
  rest of the Magic's games this season, and I haven't heard back.
  >
  > Brian Schmitz can be reached at Bschmitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx He can be
  seen regularly on the Magic Television Network's pregame shows. Join him
  tonight at 7 p.m. on Sporting News Radio AM 660 and each Tuesday at 5:30
  p.m. on the Terry Bowden Show on AM 1080 ESPN.