Paxon is so much smarter than Danny. West should have been a lifer

[Noah Evans]

West was a great guy, but Allen is one of the top locker room guys in
the league. He's classy and remarkably prescient and insightful(see
his comments on Kobe).

I'm a fan of Charlie Rosen and he loves the trade for the celtics.

Noah

On 6/30/07, Enrile, Roy <renrile at qualcomm.com> wrote:
> The key to this trade is:
> I believe even in the SHORT TERM, Delonte+JeffGreen(toughguy/defender)
> or either Gator, would have given us more playoff wins THIS year than
> RayAllen+BigBaby!   Toughminded, rough players and relentless defensive
> hustle wins in todays league.
>
> Meanwhile the Paxon philosophy is to just keep drafting the type of
> instigator players that Jim Obrien would probably like, while Danny
> picks up 3 talented finesse scorers (Glen Davis really has the mindset
> of a HotPlate Williams type(strong & skilled ballplayer), not the
> mindset of a Charles Oakley type team enforcer).  Joakim Noah helping
> Chi become more of a defensive monster for the next 10 years, while the
> C's become softer & softer on D, makes me want to vomit.
>
> I already miss the tough-as-nails, concussion-every-few-games, soul of
> our team.  Gerald/Al/Bassy need MORE guys with Delonte's spirit to
> influence them, not less.  West should have been a lifelong Celtic.
>
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