rating Pierce

[gene kirkpatrick]

Ravi,  good point about Kobe.  As a co-equal? to Shaq, it worked.   I agree that LeBron plus Garnett plus whomever would be a title contender.  The problem is, when you start with LeBron or Kobe, it's hard to add on an equal talent.  They may want another big time player, but no one wants to hand them the chance.  We've done it somehow, so it's possible.  I'm a fan of LeBron because of his talent and attitude, and I'm not suggesting that he's fostered the LeBron mystique--the media did that before he hit the NBA.  I just wouldn't want to go through that whole image thing.  I don't see it with Oden or Durant, who may be in LeBron's league.
   
  Anyway, good points as always.  New posters should note that, when Ravi speaks, it's worth listening.
   
  Program note:  today's game is televised on ESPN 2.  Gene

keltsfan <keltsfan at comcast.net> wrote:
  Gene, 

Kobe has already "fit" into a championship team given that he's got three
rings. The problem now is the Lakers are not a championship caliber team. 

Put Garnett and Ray Allen alongside LeBron James and the Cavaliers may have
won it last year because the one player in this league who matches up
reasonably well with Tim Duncan is Kevin Garnett. 

Ravi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On Behalf
Of gene
> kirkpatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:24 PM
> To: celtics
> Subject: rating Pierce
> 
> I would choose Pierce or Havlicek or D. Wade, for example, over LeBron.
LeBron is a
> force of nature. He is likely, if not certainly, to be an
all-timer--perhaps one of the top 15
> ever. Maybe. But I resist those players who become an "institution." Le
team, c'est moi!
> Unlike Garnett and Duncan, he is part of management, it seems. I like his
demeanor and his
> teamwork, but he's not the type player I'm comfortable with on my team.
He's like a Kobe,
> but nicer.
> 
> Not that this was the question, but I think that Pierce or Wade are the
types who are more
> likely to fit into a championship team. No, Pierce is not more talented,
but then Wilt and
> Dr. J were more talented than our guys. Gene
> 
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