Danny's commentating

[Ryan W]

Great response Mark.  

And for anyone out there willing to post some direct
quotes from Danny's stint as commentator, that would
sure be appreciated (as usual, NBA-TV screwed me).

Ryan
--- Mark Piotrowski <mark at 10thumbs.org> wrote:

> I'd hope they wouldn't comment on Roy vs. Telfair's
> future since 
> Telfair's played all of 30 games in a Celtics uni
> and Roy's played 
> about a dozen.
> 
> What does that tell us?
> 
> If Mark Blount lights up Jefferson does he have a
> brighter future 
> than Big AL?  God help us. BTW, if we still have
> Raef, does Jefferson 
> get a chance to bust out?  or does Doc continue to
> "go with what he 
> knows" in Raef?
> 
> In all seriousness, even though Roy looks like he's
> a player, i'd 
> *still* rather take a risk on a PG like Telfair than
> a guy like Roy 
> -- who I don't think will ever be superstar level. 
> Tie always goes 
> to the position of greater scarcity IMO.
> 
> I think Telfair's confidence is still working itself
> out after being 
> "demoted", I hope that he can bounce back and be a
> solid/spectacular 
> off-the-bench PG.  That nearly-half-court alley-oop
> to Green was a 
> thing of beauty was it not?  And if i'm not
> mistaken, Telfair was the 
> starter for our recent 5-game win streak.
> 
> I expected Ainge to use his spot as a way to massage
> public opinion 
> some, but i also didn't get the sense he was
> "pulling a Pitino" and 
> blowing smoke up our you-know-what's.  The praise
> for Scal and 
> Telfair wasn't unwarranted overall, neithr was the
> criticisms of 
> Gomes/Allen.
> 
> Glass half-empty, half-full and all that.
> 
> Gald they got the win, no matter who was
> (the other) mark
> 
> >Thought it was interesting how neither the
> announcers or Ainge(2nd half
> >color commentator), would directly comment on
> Brandon Roy vs Sebastian's
> >production/future.
> >
> >Talking about that trade would have embarrassed
> Danny, since Roy was
> >lighting us up.  Danny even downplayed Brandon's
> talent saying something
> >like "he's a pretty good college player who doesn't
> hit jumpshots". 
> >
> >Ainge was also kind of sneaky on how he commented
> on his own players.
> >For the struggling mistake prone Telfair/Scal he
> constantly gave
> >compliments & reached for any little things they
> did right.  Yet he was
> >comfortable giving a criticism for Ryan/Tony who
> had monster games. 
> >
> >Kudo's to Tony for hitting some jumpers and
> outplaying good swingmen
> >(including Carmello) this year.  Ainge said Rivers
> was the ONLY one of
> >the Celtic brass that stood by Tony when he was
> stinking it up at the
> >beginning of the year.  I think Doc's had a
> man-crush on TA since
> >college because they're both 6'4" physical guards
> from Chi, that
> >specialize in D & driving the lane.
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