Half full, half empty ...

[Sean Giovanello]

In regards to the cash stuff, they specifically did not use the midlevel
when the owners first took over because it would put them into tax land and
Wyc said no way.

On 2/1/07, Peter Delevett <pdelevett at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Clearly, I find myself in the camp with Egg, Eric,
> Sean et al. The reason I don't buy the "we'd be
> winning if Pierce weren't hurt" line is that I'm not
> convinced Al (or the pre-injury Tony Allen) would have
> emerged if Pierce were in there. And I'm not at all
> convinced that when Pierce returns, he won't fall back
> into the have-ball, see-basket mentality, and that the
> younger guys won't fall back into deferring to him.
>
> And that's not to put all the blame for this on Pierce
> (or the young guys): can Doc Rivers really come up
> with a game plan to consistently pair Pierce's
> offensive abilities with those of Jefferson? Can he
> lay down the law with Pierce that his job has to be
> sharing the ball and trusting his teammates as much as
> filling the scoresheet?
>
> And Patrick, you keep talking about our "tightwad
> owners unwilling to truly invest in the basketball
> product." I'm just curious: can you point to any
> instances where Ainge wanted to make a big deal or
> sign a splashy FA, and the owners wouldn't let him?
> I'm not sure where you're coming from. Yes, Gaston's
> refusal to shell out for Rodney Rogers forced Chris
> Wallace into the all-time franchise-killing blunder of
> trading for Vin Baker. But what moves have Ainge made
> (or not made) because of owner-dictated financial
> restraints?
>
>
>
>
>
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